Posted in Dominion Living
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Many of you have made false assumptions about me. And many of your comments have been hurtful and completely unsubstantiated. I would like to set the record straight.
Just because I advocate following the Proverbs 31 model does not mean:
1) That you won't have "one of those days". In fact I said as much in my original post (paragraph 5).
2) That I "rip my pastor over dinner".
3) That I work when I should be sitting at the Savior's feet (or my husband's or my children's for that matter).
4) That I don't enjoy my children.
5) That I rely on my own strength rather than Christ's.
6) That I'm proud and self-righteous. Just because I feel strongly about it doesn't mean I'm proud and self-righteous. How would you like to be called proud and self-righteous for the beliefs you hold dear?
7) That I'm ruining my health. I'm exhausted because I'm pregnant, not because I work hard. I would be exhausted sitting in a chair all day too.
8) That I have a "cold hard take on life".
9) That I'm a "fun hater".
10) That I treat my children as "slaves".
11) That I lack "love and grace".
12) That my husband and I don't have "great sex".
13) That my husband and I have a "sterile view of life".
14) That my husband has a need for "power trips". (Is obedience really only for dogs? If you truly believe that, I would hate to see your children.)
15) That my children have to be "helpful to their mother every single moment".
16) That I think that those with debilitating diseases should be able to do as much as those without. I made this point in my original post. In fact I specifically used the word "healthy" to prevent this type of accusation (paragraph 7).
17) That I thought Crystal was a "slacker". Paragraph 3 clearly stated that I wasn't addressing Crystal at all. I even mentioned that those with severe nausea (Crystal) and debilitating diseases might have a different standard and offered what I thought might be helpful suggestions (paragraph 9).
If y'all had read my original post more carefully, instead of jumping to conclusions, a lot of this could have been avoided. I chose my words carefully.
A few last comments:
My comment about Deuteronomy 6 WAS in context, Mrs. T. You just missed it. The point of the passage is that we teach our children God's command in the "milieu," which means in the context of living. While we're sitting, standing, walking, lying down, rising up and even while we're cleaning. I teach God's commands to my children all day long in the context of daily living, which includes cleaning. The use of the terms "asset" and "liability" are figures of speech. It is an analogy we use to describe a certain aspect of childrearing. It does not mean that we have reduced our precious blessings to numbers on an accounting ledger. How ridiculous.
I would be careful to judge a position by it's response. Just because people get all riled up and sling dirt, it doesn't make the position false. The liberals do that all the time. Regarding the unsaved reading my blog, I would hope they would find my words and deeds to be beyond reproach.
"In all things show yourself to be an example of good deeds, with purity of doctrine, dignified, sound in speech which is beyond reproach, so that the opponent will be put to shame, having nothing bad to say about us." Titus 2:7-9 I hope this helps clarify my position a bit more. Tina |
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