Benefits of being a stay at home wife

Being a stay at home wife has been the biggest blessing in this season of my life. Below I will be sharing some biblical, but also practical reasons as to why it has personally blessed and helped me.

Hear my heart, it is not to boast or to put others down for doing things differently, but rather to encourage woman in the role God has for them. We have one life, and how we choose to live it matters not only in the here and now, but also for eternity.

⁵ To be discreet, chaste, keepers at home, good, obedient to their own husbands, that the word of God be not blasphemed. Titus 2:5

1. Submission to Authority

I believe the Lord has a perfect design for the family unit. The biblical order of submission goes as follows:

This is something I found myself convicted of when in the workforce. Because jobs have expectations (You have to show up the times you are scheduled, go to meetings, meet certain criteria, etc...)

I quickly came to realize that it threw the biblical order of submission out the window. The idea of listening to and obeying a boss, more than my own husband, weighed on me. After being in the workplace eight hours a day, doing, being, and following everything you are told to do, by the time you arrive home there is little to nothing left in you to not only give to your husband, but also to respect, honor, and love him the way we are commanded to.

The biggest blessing of being at home is that I am answering only to:

1) The Lord

2) My Husband

The joy that comes from not being torn between two places- your home and your job- and two people- your husband and your boss- is a sweet kind of joy.

The kind of joy that comes from obedience to the Word of God. At the end of each day, I'm answering to someone who loves and cares for me and for that I couldn't be more grateful.

2. Surrender to God's Word

When choosing to stay at home, there is a humble surrendering to God's Word that comes with it. You miss out on the recognition of the workforce, on building your career, on feeling valued by others, but there is a sweet peace that comes with the decision and for some reason, none of those other things matter any more. All that matters is pleasing the Lord and being available for your husband.

The blessing it is to wake up and not rush off to meet the needs of people outside of your home, but rather to wake up, open the Word of God, set your affections on things above, and serve your husband, family, and home first and foremost is a beautiful thing. The time it allows for you to sit and meditate on Scripture, play worship music in your home, and pray before you do anything else is a doorway to being a more godly wife. Woman are so easily manipulated by their emotions and feelings, and to take the time to be rooted in the Truth of Scripture is essential to nurturing a godly home and marriage. The second biggest blessing is the time and freedom it allows me to be in the Word of God daily.

3. Simple Approach to your Health

The third blessing, is the time you have to focus on you and your families health. Home cooked meals, time to research & read labels, daily walks, etc...

You can set your pace in your home. You are no longer rushing off to meetings and schedules, but can live your day to day life with intention and routine. God designed the female body to operate in this way. Simplicity, rhythm, and intention. Home cooked meals, evening walks. The list could go on. This has personally been an answer to prayer in my own life. Over the past few years I have seen the fruit that comes from this not only in myself, but also for my husband.

4. Sanctifying Process

Sanctification: to be set apart to a sacred purpose or to religious use : consecrate

It is without a doubt, a sanctifying process to say no to the things of this world and yes to the things of God. It humbles you, it stretches you. The trad wife trend sounds delightful, and while it is a blessing in many ways. The reality is that it also denies the flesh, and that doesn't always feel good. Submitting to your husband sounds and IS good, but when it comes down to saying no to your own desires it quickly becomes a process of sanctification.

"The nearer a man lives to God, the more intensely has he to mourn over his own evil heart." - Charles Spurgeon

Being a stay at home wife comes with denying your flesh, sacrificing monetary pleasures, submitting to ones husband, and a high calling to putting your hands to the plow in your own home. It is not a pass to indulge in laziness and ones own desires, but rather a call to live a higher standard for our Lord and Saviour.

5. Satisfying Results

Lastly, the results that come from living your life according to the Word of God satisfies your heart in a way that the things of this world never could. To deny your flesh is to fill your spirit.

Every decision we make, whether good or bad, has consequences. The decisions we make as Woman of the Lord will reap its benefits.

Time with the Lord? It will show in your daily walk and conversation.

Submitting to your husband? It will show in your marriage.

Following God's design? It will reap the results of obedience.

With obedience comes blessings.

John 14:15-If ye love me, keep my commandments.

John 14:21 - He that hath my commandments, and keepeth them, he it is that loveth me: and he that loveth me shall be loved of my Father, and I will love him, and will manifest myself to him.

These 5 approaches are all from personal experiences and digging into the Bible for myself. My heart and desire is to encourage woman down the road of biblical womanhood. I pray it plants a desire in your own heart to follow the Lord's leading in your own life.

Love & Blessings,

          M. grace