The wife has been created to keep the house clean: The Excellent Wife P/8

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In this post I will continue to focus on bible teacher and author Martha Peace. This time we will look at statements from Chapter Eight of her book "The Excellent Wife."

Martha Peace: "Staying at home and organising a clean, well-run household is a major biblical emphasis in the God-given ministry of the wife."

Martha Peace: "A wife at home is to be joyful, not brood over problems, put others in her household first, express interest in everyone, not to be selfish, be biblically optimistic (trusting in God), and gentle and meek in spirit."

My Comment

In Genesis 1:26-28 God that that the male and the female were to rule over creation together as equal partners. Throughout the Old Testament as well as the New Testament women, at times together with their husbands, are mentioned in relation to their God-given functions such as Miriam (Exodus 15:20); Deborah (Judges 4:1-16); Hulda (2 Kings 22:11-20); the four daughters of Philip (Acts 21:8-9); Phoebe (Romans 16:1-2); Priscilla (Romans 16:3-5); Mary (Romans 16:6); Junia (Romans 16:7); Tryphena, Tryphosa, Persis (Romans 16:12); Chloe (1 Corinthians 1:11); Nympha (Colossians 4:15); Euodia, Syntyche (Philippians 4:2-3). Very likely, they all took care of their households but that is not the emphasis when they are mentioned.


It will be helpful to remember as well that in the days of the Old Testament and the New Testament many couples worked together from home such as Priscilla and Aquila who were tent makers by profession (Acts 18:1-3).

Finally, Jesus had a group of women disciples who left home to travel with Him such as Mary Magdalene, Joanna, Susanna (Luke 8:1-3), Mary the mother of James and Joses and the mother of Zebedee's sons (Matthew 27:56). Jesus never told them off for doing so and He did not send them home to organise their homes.
Neither did Jesus tell Mary off when she sat at His feet rather than joining her sister Martha in the kitchen to help witch cooking the dinner. Instead he commended her for having chosen that what is better (Luke 10:38-42).

 

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