Also, we have to take the bible as a whole. We cannot just look at Proverbs 31 and say that it is ok to throw our kids in day care and go out and get a job.

You need to look at Titus 2:3-5 to keep Proverbs 31 in context.

3 The aged women likewise, that they be in behaviour as becometh holiness, not false accusers, not given to much wine, teachers of good things;
4 That they may teach the young women to be sober, to love their husbands, to love their children,
5 To be discreet, chaste, keepers at home, good, obedient to their own husbands, that the word of God be not blasphemed.

What seems hard in this day and age is to unshackle ourselves from feminist doctrine that dictates that the only way a woman can be equal with a man is to compete with men at every level. This is perhaps the biggest disservice to women ever conceived.

The bible lays out a complimentarian model of the roles and relationships between a husband and a wife. Each completes the other. Neither has an intrinsic value greater than the other, but Gos has developed a hierarchy of roles we are to adhere to so that we can then submit ourselves to the greater hierarchy between Jesus and his Church. There is no shame or anything demeaning in this hierarchy.

God gives us an example of this complimentarian hierarchy in his very Godhead. God, the father is the head, Jesus, the Son, is subject to God, and the Holy Spirit is directed by the Son, but they all, as a whole are completely God. There isn’t a single aspect of God that is greater than the other.

1 Timothy, 2:12

Let your women keep silence in the churches: for it is not permitted unto them to speak; but [they are commanded] to be under obedience, as also saith the law.

1 Corinthians 14:34

I disagree with: “I believe that Christianity is a religion that gives women a lot of freedom compared to many other religions.”

What other religions are comparing to? I think anyone who thinks that their religion gives women a lot of freedom, can find arguments in their holy texts to support those beliefs.

My kids hang out at work sometimes, some days i work from home, some days my husband does. They get all of the attention they need, and my husband and i are using the talents that the Lord gave us, and our children are learning a good work ethic as well as learning to adapt to any environment.

Sometimes I see women trapped into the ‘i gotta stay at home or people will judge me’ mindset and i pity them. If you have a talent outside of domestic duty, if your soul needs to be in service or accounting or the nursing field- go for it! I believe that almost any career can be fit into family life if treated with respect and realism.

Your post really was an encouragement to me, thanks so much.

Dee
http://myfirststepswithjesus.blogspot.com