The Lonely Keeper

For many women and young girls whose heart is for home they are very lonely. That lonliness can be caused by a variety of reasons.

One painful and isolating reason is because their life doesnt look like the life of the "ideal keeper"; The woman or daughter who has a loving supportive husband or father who shares their conviction about being a woman.

So they have to balance their convictions with their circumstances. Many women are doing all they can to honor God with their gender, while at the same time living out a life they struggle with. Lets not add to their struggles by seperating them from the crowd of families who have "arrived".

And if you're one of those women who want to be the "ideal" keeper; know it is a pursuit we all equally must strive for because we each are sinners, and prone to sin thus we will never be ideal or never arrive until we have finished this race and are in heaven.

Don't waste your time trying to duplicate someone elses life. The principles of godly womanhood is the goal. Everyone gets there in a different way. Every Keeper of Homes life looks different and thats ok.

Is God more pleased with a woman who cringes at the thought of another child and totally resents motherhood, or with a woman who yearns for more children but her husband says no?
Looks can be decieving. Just strive to do all you can do in honoring God with your gender according to scripture and encourage yourself in the Word when you're feeling seperate and alone from other women or young girls who have supporting husbands and fathers.

If you love Christ and are striving to stay in His will regarding your gender in all the ways you have power over, rejoice and be not discouraged.

He sees you and knows you by name, and He will help you with what ever your lot is. He is your inheritance and your reward. Not the approval of other women.

Beth