Thoughts on the Resurrection of Christ

We celebrated Resurrection Day five days ago. Sometimes, the “after glow” of a holiday can stay with me for a few days. 

I have been continuing to think about the resurrection of Christ. 

Where I live in the northern hemisphere, flowers and trees and plants have been blooming. It is spring time. 

I don’t think it is coincidence that the earth comes back to “life” again in the spring time when Christ rose from the dead. I think God planned that. 

The southern hemisphere is always in the fall season when those who live there remember Christ’s resurrection. I suppose the colorful, dead leaves could be a reminder of dying to self - to be raised to new life in Christ. 

Either way, I see so many beautiful illustrations displayed in nature, God’s beautiful creation. 

Four years ago, I shared a post on this blog about Christ’s resurrection, and I shared this picture.  

Photo taken at the Garden Tomb, Jerusalem, Israel. 

I love this picture today as much as I did then. They say a picture speaks a thousand words. This picture does that for me. 

To me, this picture conveys so many things including: peace, light, love, hope, beauty, tranquility, serenity, heaven, and the list goes on. Those are things that are found in Christ. 

It is not only what I see in the picture; it is also where it was taken that does something to me. This picture was taken at the very place where God’s Son died and rose from the dead. 

I can picture our dear Savior there, dressed in a long white linen robe, stretching out His arms with love. 

Indeed, He did that when He stretched out His arms in love to be nailed to a tree. 

I have thought a lot about resurrection and life. If something is living, it does not need to be resurrected. Only when something is dead does it need to be resurrected. 

Sin brought death into this world - in every way. 

Christ came to redeem and restore - to resurrect from the dead. He came to give us life. Our God is a God of life. 

I love the paper plates my mom had for our lunch on Resurrection Day this year.  

Our lunch plates this year. 

After lunch that afternoon, I went for a brief walk in our neighborhood. On my walk, I thought about Christ’s resurrection. 

It is a joyful thing to think about and remember. It reminds me that our Savior is alive today! Hallelujah! That is remarkable and worthy of much thought. 

Christ’s resurrection also reminds me that He is exactly Who He said He was - the Son of God. 

Christ resurrection also reminds me that a future resurrection of the dead is coming. He was the first fruit to rise from the dead. That part is really glorious because it guarantees a greater resurrection to come! 

We rejoice on Resurrection Day, and rightly so. 

Sadly though, there is still grief in this world - even on that day. Why so? 

I thought about that on my walk. If Christ is alive, why do we still grieve and suffer in this life? 

It is because final redemption has not come yet. 

Christ was the first fruit - guaranteeing that final redemption when He comes back. 

Our spirit can be redeemed now, but our body has not been redeemed yet. That is coming in the future.

I read a good quote recently, and I thought it was worth sharing. I do not know her, but I loved what she shared. 

“Lord, Your resurrection means that I grieve with real hope. Your resurrection means my beloved one is alive with you, and I can look forward to eternity with you and them. Your resurrection means I have life here, and while my heart hurts, I cling to the promise that you’re good, and life and joy are for me. Your resurrection means you have the final word, and that my story will not end in ashes.”

 ~ Lisa Appelo

I say “amen”. Well said. 

After thinking about it for a while, I decided to write something small myself - about what Resurrection Day means to me. 

“Resurrection Day reminds me that everything good that has been destroyed by sin and death, Christ came to redeem. 

Christ’s resurrection is the promise of complete future redemption - life from the dead. 

To me, that is worth celebrating more than anything else.”

 ~ Erin Cross

Meditations on the Cross

Every year in this season, I enjoy remembering what Christ did for us when He died on the cross. 

And every year, the Lord gives me something new to think about. This year has been the same. 

This year, I love that Passover coincided with the holiday when Christ rose from the grave. 

Resurrection Day is what I like to call it now. It is called the holiday of “first fruits” in the Bible. 

Christ became the first fruits of them that slept the Bible says.

“But now is Christ risen from the dead, and become the firstfruits of them that slept.” 

1 Corinthians 15:20

First fruits - a guarantee of a much larger harvest to come! Hallelujah! 

Yellow and Orange “Lantana” Flowers

This year, a verse from the Gospel of John stuck with me. 

“The next day John seeth Jesus coming unto him, and saith, Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world.” 

John 1:29

Such a simple verse, yet so profound. John knew exactly who Jesus was.  

Jesus is the Lamb of God, our Passover Lamb, God’s perfect sacrifice for us just as 1 Corinthians 5:7 says: 

“For even Christ our passover is sacrificed for us.”

I love to remember and celebrate these things. On the night of Passover, I took time to remember our dear Savior’s great sacrifice for us on the cross. 

The unleavened bread and grape juice reminded me of the body and shed blood of our Savior. The parsley (bitter herbs) reminded me of the bitter slavery of sin. 

Christ has redeemed us with a mighty hand and an outstretched arm! (Deuteronomy 26:8) Hallelujah! 

A delightful, orange scented candle, along with white, heavenly scented blossoms from branches of the tree outside my bedroom adorned my dresser that night. 

I read out loud from Exodus 12 and 13 along with portions of the Gospels, particularly Luke 22, when Christ celebrated the Passover with His disciples the night before He was crucified. 

It was a special night; it is always so special to remember. 

I thought about Christ’s sacrifice for us all week long. I cannot grasp the enormous mental and physical anguish Christ went through for us. Knowing He would die the very next day, Christ was in such mental anguish the night before. The Bible writer said He sweat great drops of blood. (Luke 22:44) I can hardly fathom such anguish. 

I can only imagine the enormous physical pain and agony Christ endured as He hung on the cross, not to mention being separated from His Heavenly Father. Many Bible scholars believe that Christ died from a broken heart because of such mental and emotional anguish. 

Hanging on a cross, a cruel method used by the Romans to execute criminals, could last for days while criminals died a slow, painful death. To die like Christ did in just 6 hours was not common. 

I’ve heard that the blood and water that flowed from Christ’s side was medical evidence of a broken heart. 

The blood that flowed from Christ’s side is what purchased our salvation. 

The old hymn, Rock of Ages, says it so well: 

“Rock of Ages, cleft for me,
Let me hide myself in Thee;
Let the water and the blood,
From Thy riven side which flowed,
Be of sin the double cure,
Save from wrath and make me pure.”

In the sacrificial system that God put into place, the animal had to be dead before its blood could be collected and poured upon the altar. 

It was the exact same way with the blood of Christ. Jesus had to be dead before His blood could be applied to the mercy seat. The water that flowed from Christ’s side with His blood was proof that He was dead. 

Hallelujah for the blood!

The apostle John wrote about the blood and the water that flowed from Christ’s side after being pierced. 

John, in his account of the Gospel, wrote that He literally witnessed that himself. He saw it! 

“But one of the soldiers with a spear pierced his side, and forthwith came there out blood and water.  

And he that saw it bare record, and his record is true: and he knoweth that he saith true, that ye might believe.” 

John 19:34-35 

Red and Orange Lantanas

I have been to the Garden Tomb in Jerusalem, Israel where, I believe, this event took place. 

Naturally, I try to picture it all in my mind there. I don’t know what that garden looked like in Christ’s time, but John states very clearly in his account that Jesus was crucified in a garden. 

“Now in the place where he was crucified there was a garden…”

John 19:41

To me, that is kind of significant. Where did Adam and Eve first disobey God? 

In a garden. 

Where was mankind redeemed back to God? 

In a garden. 

I don’t think that is coincidence. I tend to think God planned that. 

Today, there are many Lantana flowers growing throughout the Garden Tomb area - and close to where Christ was crucified. I associate those flowers now with the death, burial, and resurrection of Christ. 

Those flowers grow in many other places of the world too. They are abundant in Santa Barbara, California where I grew up for 6 years of my life. I always loved those flowers. Now I love them even more. God created that flower in many colors. 

Pink and Yellow Lantanas

This week, my mind naturally went to the Garden Tomb in Jerusalem. I thought about Jesus hanging in agony on a rough, wooden cross there. 

I thought about the crowds of people that would have been there for that Passover holiday. I thought about those crowds of people standing near the cross to watch the crucifixion.  

In writing about the night before, when Christ was taken away to the high priest to stand before him, Matthew, one of Jesus disciples, wrote: 

“…Then all the disciples forsook him, and fled.”

Matthew 26:56 

Mark, another disciple of Jesus, says the same thing in his account. Mark puts it very simply. 

“And they all forsook him, and fled.”

Mark 14:50

Can you imagine? 

Christ was taken away to be tried and sentenced to death, and all his friends forsook Him and fled! 

If I was Matthew or Mark, writing that down would make me cringe a little with embarrassment - knowing that included them! 

Who was there at the cross when Jesus died? 

Besides the crowds of people there, John writes exactly who was there. 

In John 19:25, he wrote: 

“Now there stood by the cross of Jesus his mother, and his mother's sister, Mary the wife of Cleophas, and Mary Magdalene.”

Jesus mother Mary was there, along with Mary’s sister (also named Mary it looks like?) and Mary Magdalene. If I understand correctly, three Mary’s were at the cross. Mary must have been a very popular name then. 

In the next verse, John refers to himself as the disciple “whom He loved”. John was also there at the cross. 

“When Jesus therefore saw his mother, and the disciple standing by, whom he loved, he saith unto his mother, Woman, behold thy son!” 

John 19:26 

Out of His 12 disciples, John was the only one at the cross! Where were the other disciples? 

They all forsook Him. They fled. 

Why? 

The other disciples were probably scared to be there at the crucifixion. They were likely afraid to be associated with Jesus because of what might happen to them. They may have stood a long distance away. 

But John? He didn’t care. John didn’t care what others thought or what might happen to him.  

John was willing to go all the way with Jesus, even to the cross. That brings tears to my eyes. 

White and Yellow Lantanas

I grew up singing a well known chorus that repeats a lot. The first verse says: 

“I have decided to follow Jesus. 

I have decided to follow Jesus.

I have decided to follow Jesus.

No turning back. 

No turning back.”

One of the verses of that song says: 

“Though none go with me, still I will follow.” 

That line of the song fits the apostle John well. He was the only one of the 12 disciples there. 

That thought about John going all the way with Jesus, even to the cross, could inspire an amazing devotional or an entire message. 

John was the only disciple who was directly at the cross. Now I understand why the Lord Jesus gave the care of his mother into John’s care.

I remember, years ago, wondering why the Lord chose John to take care of His mother. Why not Matthew or Mark? Or Luke? Why John? 

Wouldn’t that make the other disciples wonder why Jesus chose John. Now I understand why. 

John was the only one there. 

The next verse in that chapter says: 

“Then saith he to the disciple, Behold thy mother! And from that hour that disciple took her unto his own home.”

John 19:27

In remembering Christ’s death and sacrifice for us this past week, I thought about many things. 

What did I think about the most? 

I thought about verses from John 19 (above) when the Lord gave His mother into John’s care. 

The Lord Jesus was hanging on a tree in agonizing pain, and yet, He wanted to make sure that His mother was cared for. That is what I call self-less. 

Jesus was thinking about His mother even as He was dying. Obviously, Joseph, Mary’s husband, had passed away, otherwise Jesus would not have had to give his mother into John’s care. 

Jesus mother Mary was clearly now a widow, and she was not expected to provide for herself. Mary was to be taken care of and provided for. Jesus cared about that, even while hanging on a cross. 

That is something I had not thought much about before, and it ministered to my heart deeply.

When someone is dying, they will usually talk about what matters most to them. It mattered a lot to the Lord Jesus that His mother would be taken care of. 

I recently wrote a blog post about home and family which can be read here. In that post, I shared that, according to the Word of God, men are to provide for their family. That is Biblical. (1 Timothy 5:8) 

Sadly, many people today, including Christians, don’t care what the Bible says. Many women today are not being taken care of and provided for by their father, husband, or the body of Christ. 

Instead, women (single, married, widowed, etc.) are working like men. That is not Biblical. 

Some women do not want to be in the work force, but they have no choice because they are not being provided for by the men in their family. 

By God’s design, women are to be taken care of and provided for. And the Lord Jesus cared about that very thing, even while hanging on a cross. The Lord Jesus is a true gentleman. 

That was something special from God this week. God cares about women being taken care of and provided for by men. 

God’s design is precious and beautiful, and our Lord displayed that beautifully even while dying on a cross. 

White and Yellow Lantanas

Breakfast Scramble Recipe

I thought I would share another recipe on my blog. This time, it is a recipe idea rather than an actual recipe. This one, I kind of just made up.  

Eggs can be made so many different ways, and I believe they are one of the best, if not the best, animal product you can eat. 

Eggs are somewhat unique in that they are not meat or dairy. Eggs have a lot of nutrition in them and are considered a complete protein. 

I enjoy making omelettes, but I also make scrambled eggs, poached eggs, and fried eggs. Sometimes, I will put those types of cooked eggs inside of a sandwich.

I enjoy making omelettes with onion and green pepper. Sometimes, I will also add mushrooms. 

Recently, I got an idea to do scrambled eggs with those veggies. Why didn’t I think of this before? 

If this is something you do all the time, it is a winner. It is so easy, so healthy, and so delicious. 

The best part? 

To me, this is so easy to make. 

If you have vegetables already chopped up and ready to go, that makes this even easier. 

I call this a “Breakfast Scramble” but it would be delicious for lunch as well. You can make this as small or as large as you like. 

For a family, just use a larger pan, more eggs, more butter, and more chopped veggies! 

Pictured below is a smaller pan with two eggs and a handful of veggies. 

To make this fun, I recently took pictures of how to make this step by step. 

Step # 1: Melt your butter or oil in a pan. I used coconut oil here, but butter also works well. 

Step # 2: Whisk eggs in a bowl with a little milk. I used two eggs here with a little almond milk. 

Add eggs to pan with melted butter or oil. 

Step # 3: Add chopped veggies to whisked eggs. You can use whatever you like. I used mushrooms, green pepper, and onion.

Step # 4: Scramble eggs and veggies together until cooked. I cook eggs on medium to low heat. 

Step # 5: Sprinkle with seasonings you like. I used “Lawry’s Seasoned Salt” - a favorite of mine. 

Enjoy! 

A War on Home and Family

Growing up as a young girl in the state of Michigan, I remember certain things from my childhood very vividly.

I was homeschooled by my mom for Kindergarten and 1st grade. After that, I went to a public school in Michigan for 2nd and 3rd grade. 

I remember, vividly, being asked by friends in our small neighborhood in Michigan and at school: 

“What do you want to be when you grow up?” 

To me, that question was common back in the 1980’s when I was growing up. I can understand why. In the United States, there were so many opportunities for both men and women.

As a young girl, I had no idea what I wanted to be when I grew up. I used to wonder why I was even asked that question. 

I remember answering someone once by saying: 

“I don’t know.” 

“Maybe a teacher?” 

I was very happy and content as a daughter in my parent’s home. What I wanted to be when I grew up was the last thing on my mind. 

Around the age of 10, living in California, I took an interest in doing special braids of all kinds in girl’s hair as well as my own. But that was just a hobby, not a career for when I grew up. I still enjoy doing special braids in girl’s hair when I get the chance.

I enjoyed learning to sew at the age of 10 through some sewing classes I took from a mom in our homeschool group. I enjoyed that so much! 

Music was what I really loved though. When I was 11 years old, my Dad purchased our first piano, and I began taking piano lessons. I was thrilled. 

I also loved animals, especially our five cats. At one time, I think we had three litters of kittens from three of our female cats. We had around 30 cats (for real!), mostly kittens, until we found good homes for the kittens. I treasure those memories. I was a busy 12 year old helping to take care of so many cats and kittens. I enjoyed it tremendously. I was a happy, joyful, and contented daughter in my parent’s home. 

Around the age of 13, my best friend and I volunteered to help with young children at church. We helped out in Sunday school for younger ages, and we helped out in the nursery a little too. 

It was then, around age 13, that I knew exactly what I wanted to be when I grew up.

I wanted to be a wife and mom someday. 

I specifically remember sharing that with my friend while helping out in the nursery with her. 

Around the ages of 13 and 14, I enjoyed helping to make meals at home. I also enjoyed helping to clean up our kitchen after supper. 

I enjoyed walks with my mom and my siblings in our neighborhood in California, and I especially loved the quiet, little park so close to our home. With permission, I loved riding my bike alone through the neighborhoods near our home. It was fun to see all the different homes in the neighborhoods near the park I enjoyed so much. 

Around the age of 15, I began to notice some nice young men. (smile) I was a normal young lady with God given desires. 

At 15, I was young. I walked with God and trusted Him completely. On the day I gave my life to God, I meant every word I said. My life belonged to the Lord. My identity was in Christ, and I was secure in God’s love for me. 

Me at age 15 in our home in Santa Barbara, California. December 1997.

Just before I turned 17, living in Colorado with my family, I decided to pray for the first time for a Godly husband someday. 

After finishing school, all of my interest went towards music, and I began learning to play the harp at age 17. 

At the age of 18 and 19, I loved helping my mom around our home with meals and cleaning, and I enjoyed sewing as well. 

I never went to college because I had no interest in a career. All I wanted was to be a wife and mom. 

During the time that most young adults go to college, I took harp lessons from a professional harp teacher in our local area. I took harp lessons for 3 and 1/2 years. 

I took harp lessons from 2001-2004 at the ages of 18-22 years old, ironically, the exact years and ages I would’ve been if had I gone to college. 

If I had gone to college, what would my major have been? 

Music. 

I was doing what I wanted without going to college. My harp teacher not only gave private harp lessons, she also taught at our local university. (Colorado State University) 

If I had gone to college, what would my minor have been? 

Teaching. 

Ironically, just a few years later in 2006, I began teaching the harp and music. 

I didn’t need college to learn to play and teach the harp. And I didn’t need college to learn how to teach school to my own children someday. 

Money? 

I didn’t need a college education for that either. I earned what I needed working in a small grocery store close to our home. I began working there when I was 20 years old. 

My desire was to be at home though. 

Why did I work outside the home? To purchase more harps with hopes of recording someday. 

I expected to be married by the time I was 25.

That didn’t happen. 

There were no Godly young men interested in me at that time. No one asked then. 

What else could I do but pray? I continued to meet people and went on short term mission trips. 

I used the gift God gave me with music and the harp to hopefully bless others with recordings. 

Now in my early 40’s, I am old enough to have a 20 year old if I had been married in my early 20’s. 

I see some things that I did not see in my early 20’s. I have a broader perspective now. 

I took time to share details about my life in this post, not because I want this post to be all about me, but rather, to give some context to this post. 

This is a post I have been writing for 2-3 months. This post has taken time and thought to write. It’s special to have a blog where I can share thoughts. 

As shared before on this blog, I grew up in a Christian home. I grew up in Baptist churches until I was 15 years old. 

At the age of 15, I was introduced to Anabaptist churches and was very blessed by them. Some of my closest and dearest friends come from Anabaptist backgrounds. But, that background, culture, and heritage is not mine. 

I grew up as an American. I am English by birth. Most of my ancestors came from England. I am English in every sense of the word. Not only do I live in America, I grew up as an American, thankful to be an American, thankful for our freedoms and blessings. 

That is my background, my culture, and my heritage. That is my tribe, if you will. 

Me around age 5 in my Sunday school class at church in Michigan, holding my Bible while standing under an American flag. Around 1987.

I share all that to say this. If you come from a culture that is different than mine, you might not fully understand where I am coming from. 

If you come from a culture that values families, or if you are married with a family, you may not fully understand where I am coming from. 

I am writing this post from my background and with my current American culture in mind. 

I have never been involved in politics. I leave that with my Dad. 

However, in the last number of years, I have noticed a major shift in our world, and I cannot help but notice things that are going on in politics, especially in my country. Evil isn’t hidden anymore; it is in your face. 

Something I have noticed, especially in recent years, is the attack on children and their gender. 

Boys want to be girls, and girls want to be boys. That is not normal. 

I never heard about things like that when I was growing up. Never. But in recent years, I have heard a lot about it. It is deeply disturbing. 

What is going on? 

Satan is no longer hiding his agenda. He is targeting children. But why the gender confusion? 

That made me think about things for a while. Satan’s attack on children and their gender is an attack on God’s design - male and female. 

Why would Satan attack that, I wondered? 

Then I realized. Satan’s attack on gender is an attack on God’s design for marriage and family. 

Satan’s # 1 target has always been the souls of men. That will always be his # 1 target. 

But after thinking about gender confusion and children (which includes some adults, sadly), I realized something. 

I believe Satan’s # 2 target is the home, especially Godly homes and families. Satan is at war against homes and families. 

Why do I think this? 

God designed marriage as His way of bringing more human life into this world. 

Without people getting married and having children, there would be no people on earth. 

God loves life. God loves marriage and children and family. That is His design. God’s Word speaks highly of this. The Bible begins and ends with a marriage. 

The Word of God says: 

“Whoso findeth a wife findeth a good thing, and obtaineth favour of the LORD.”

Proverbs 18:22

Traditionally, men have always been the provider of the home. That is Biblical. (1 Timothy 5:8)

Traditionally, women have always been keepers at home. That is Biblical. (Titus 2:5) 

In the United States, as well as other western nations, this is not the case anymore. Women are in the workforce like men instead of at home. 

How did this happen? 

It happened slowly through something called feminism. 

Feminism was a movement that started in the 1800’s and went into the 1900’s. At first, most women did not go along with it because it was against traditional roles.

Satan’s plan didn’t start with gender confusion. His plan to destroy the home began much earlier with feminism.

Even though I am not married, I have come to realize something as I have gotten older. 

Women have an enormous effect on men and on the home. God designed this. 

To get Adam to disobey God, all Satan had to do was get Eve to disobey God. If Satan could get Eve to disobey God, then Satan had a much better chance at getting Adam to disobey God - because women have such an enormous effect on men. 

Satan’s plan has not changed. How do you slowly bring an entire nation down? You target homes and families. 

Target the women of that nation, and you get the men. Satan’s plan has not changed.

That is precisely what Satan has done through feminism. 

Slowly, but surely, Satan has gotten women working outside the home. 

Why do women need a man if they can provide for themselves? 

Today, Satan offers many appealing opportunities to single, young adults, especially Americans. If he can prevent them from getting married and having children - that is even better. 

Feminism has affected so many things in the United States, to the point that it has even affected Godly churches. And it goes totally undetected. 

There is a war against homes and families. 

Nations are built from homes and families. Churches are built from homes and families. 

When I was a young lady, desiring a family of my own someday, I didn’t talk about it much because I was young. But that desire was there from God.

As I got older, into my 30’s, when I shared my desire for a family of my own, quite often, it was put down in a subtle way. 

What do I want to be when I grow up? 

I discovered that I could be anything I wanted - as long as that didn’t include being a wife and mom. 

I felt that, not only from the outside world, but also from those in church. Feminism? Yes. 

Does God use single people? Yes, very much! 

1 Corinthians 7:34 makes this clear. Single people have enormous value in God’s Kingdom.

If you have no desire to be married, God can use you in a wonderful way. The apostle Paul is an example of this. He had no desire to be married. 

If you are a Christian and love being single, God can use you mightily. Whether single or married, everyone has equal worth and value to God.

God does not choose people to be single though. God leaves that choice with each person. 

The apostle Paul chose to be single. 

The apostle Paul states:

“ Now concerning virgins I have no commandment of the Lord…” 

1 Corinthians 7:25 

Clearly, God allows virgins (single women) to choose whether they want to be married or single. God does not make that choice for single women. 

God does not keep single women for Himself against their will or their desire to marry. And God does not force single women to get married if they would rather serve Him single. 

God is a true Gentleman. Isn’t that precious? 

The rest of this chapter, verses 25-40, are the apostle Paul’s thoughts and insights about marriage and singleness - not God’s command. 

The Bible says there are some who made themselves eunuchs for the Kingdom of God. 

Notice, God did not make that choice for them. They made that choice themselves.

“…and there be eunuchs, which have made themselves eunuchs for the kingdom of heaven's sake.” 

Matthew 19:12 

Once again, this verse clearly shows that God allows each person to make their own choice. 

So precious. 

If you desire to be single to serve God, God very much honors that. There are benefits. 

And if you desire to be married, God honors that. 

“Marriage is honourable in all…” 

Hebrews 13:4 

Marriage is God’s ultimate plan. And sadly, marriage is under attack. 

When I wanted to learn to play the piano as a girl, and later the harp, I was encouraged by others. 

I have thought about learning to play another instrument someday that I love. That is the cello. 

I’ve gotten encouraging comments from others. 

But when I mention a desire to have a family of my own, suddenly the comments change. 

No, that’s not okay. You need to give that desire to God. 

What? 

God is the One Who gave me that desire. 

If I want to learn to play the cello, that is okay? I don’t need to give that desire to God? 

But if I want to get married, I need to give that desire to God? It makes no sense at all. 

God gave mankind desires for a reason. 

Feminism has crept into this nation, and it has done so much destruction! Who is behind it all?

The same one who went to Eve in the Garden of Eden. Satan, in disguise. 

The evil one is very much against Godly homes, families, and marriages, and he will do everything he can to even prevent them from happening. 

What is God’s ultimate purpose for women? 

God’s Word says: 

“I will therefore that the younger women marry, bear children, guide the house, give none occasion to the adversary to speak reproachfully.” 

1 Timothy 5:14

God’s will is for single young women to marry, bear children, and guide the house. So clear. 

God’s will is not for single women to get an outside job exactly like men. That is part of feminism. 

God designed all women to need men whether they are single or married. 

Single women, regardless of age, should be completely provided for by their father. 

Married women, regardless of age, should be completely provided for by their husband. 

Widowed women? There are things put in place in my country so a woman gets her husband’s extra income after he dies. I don’t understand how that works, but Christians should also look out for widows in need.

Is it wrong for women, single, married, or widowed, to earn money? No, not at all. Extra income is a blessing. But I believe God intended women to earn any needed income at home. 

The Proverbs 31 woman is an example of this. She served her family above all. That is so clear. But she also sold linen fabric - which comes from flax. (Proverbs 31:13 and Proverbs 31:24) She did her work at home. 

My heart goes out to women, single, married, or widowed, who have no choice but have to work to provide for their needs. That was not God’s plan. 

Satan is also behind abortion clinics. 

It is not God’s will for babies to be murdered in their mother’s womb. Yet, it happens all the time. 

God is a true gentleman and has given mankind a free will to choose whatever it is they want to do. 

God’s ultimate plan since the beginning of time is for marriage and family. God did not create Adam to be alone. God did not create Eve to be single.

God’s ultimate purpose for women is clearly seen when He created Eve in the Garden of Eden. 

To desire a home and family is a good desire from God. God loves Godly homes and families. 

The very first command God gave to mankind in the Bible was to “be fruitful and multiply.” 

“And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply…” 

Genesis 1:28

Psalm 127 and Psalm 128 also carry the theme that children are a blessing and should be desired.

Sometime in the future, I would like to change the title of this blog to: 

With Heart, and Harp, and Home 

I hope to encourage other women by sharing things on this blog about women being at home. 

God designed women to work and serve at home.