Should Mommy Work?

My wife often struggles with not working outside the home.  I am confident that she puts in more difficult days than I do while working outside the home.  Some of our financial strain could be alleviated by my wife taking a part-time or full-time job.  But at the end of the day we have decided that the most important thing that we can provide for Isaiah (and the forthcoming baby Hannah) is for mommy to be at home and pour her life into them.  That’s why what John Piper says here resonates with us:

 

 

Thank you Nikki for being so faithful to your glorious ministry!  Our children’s passion for Jesus will be a reflection of yours. 

Augustine and Monica

In John Flavel's Mystery of Providence he makes mention of Augustine and Monica (p.54). If our readers are familiar with Augustine they will probably also be familiar with his mother Monica. She was a strong Christian woman that continuously pleaded with the Lord for the soul of her son. Much can be read about his conversion and many attribute that in part to his mother's intercession. One such poet, Charles Tennyson Turner (Lord Alfred Tennyson's elder brother), has captured this sentiment:


Copied From Collected Sonnets, Old and New By Charles Tennyson Turner, James Spedding