This morning we are going to talk about what the Bible has to say about Moms, and what God’s pattern is. It is amazing, frankly, how our society has changed. It is amazing how our society’s perception of a woman has changed; how the society’s design for her role has changed.
If you ever happened to be rummaging through any old magazines or old
newspapers, the kind you see in old bookstores, and in your garage or your
attic somewhere, and you look at the women that are portrayed in some of the
ads in the past, you see mothers rocking babies, and women in kitchens
cooking dinner for families using some special product, or a woman sitting on
a bed reading stories to her children.
Pictures like that, images like that, almost sound like fiction in our world
today. When you look at the woman in advertising today you see her dressed
up in a slick business suit, swinging a briefcase as she sails down a crowded
street. Or you see her in tights doing aerobics, or in a skimpy bathing
suit, half-exposed. What is it that our society really views as the woman to
be exalted, the woman to be honored? What is the excellent woman of the 90′s
really look like? What kind of a woman is she? What is the modern
“superwoman”? Well, I suppose if we created a composite, it might go a
little like this:
– She works
– Builds her career
– Demands equal pay
– Refuses to submit to her husband–demanding equality with him in
everything
– Has an affair or two, and a divorce or two
– Exercises her independence
– Relies on her own resources
– Doesn’t want her husband or her children to threaten her personal
goals
– Very often has her own bank account
– She hires a maid or a cleaning service
– Eats out at least 50% of the time, with her family or without
– Makes cold cereal and coffee the standard breakfast for everybody
– Makes quick frozen meals the usual dinner fare, if there is a
dinner fare at home.
– Expects her husband to do at least an equal share of housework.
– She’s tanned, coiffured
— Shopping to keep up the fashion trends making sure she can compete
in the “attention-getting” contest.
— Puts the kids in a “Day Care” center
— Makes sure each one has a TV in his room or a radio and a CD
player, so they are entertained all the time and don’t bother
her–leaving them to the brainwashing of the immoral,
materialistic society that pumps whatever it pumps through those
media.
— She is opinionated, usually, and likes to be heard from and is
eager to fulfill her personal goals.
“This article originally appeared here at Bible Bulletin Board.”
