My husband has this theory of male/female roles that I have found truly amusing; oh, I meant to say amazing:)...The male is the hunter-gatherer as in the cave-man days and the female is geared towards cave maintenance. Yes, there is some truth in that; yet the overall simplification of gender roles has me scratching my head. My raison d'etre as been reduced to home-making; while the pressure of the surrounding culture would have me be the career woman that brings home half of the game captured on the way back from beating the rugs...
The cold fact is that I am a domesticated female concerned at least in part with home and hearth. I may have to become the career woman at some point; but I am still in the process of trying to figure that out. I cashier at a local supermarket and work for a home care agency as well. My value to society will be gauged on the level of education my children achieve, the car in my driveway, and the degrees listed on my resume. I am in trouble.
I am not in the least the picture of the Proverbs 31 woman. Lord willing, I will grow closer to that ideal as I draw closer to the Lord. In the meantime, I will seek Him for the answers on how to combine home and hearth with bringing home the road kill.
I just hope my insurance will cover me this time...
Joy,
Lynne
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Well, I may have gone a bit too far with the references to road kill. If anyone from Peta is reading this, please remember that I was joking when I wrote it.
Peace...
Lynne
Ah, yes, it's complicated. Our roles have shifted more than the clothes in the dryer over the last few decades. Me? I want it all: queen of the castle, Rachel Ray of the kitchen, full-time student soon to be therapist or some such thing, best-selling novelist.... oh yeah, and whatever God wants:) Meanwhile I just try and figure out how to pay off the dog-surgery bill...
I can't afford pets these days. My cat still has an outstanding vet bill that I haven't paid yet. Yikes. It isn't that much; yet I dread that hair that will break the camel's back...remind me that He owns the cattle on a thousand hills?
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