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Homemaking: Divine, Not Demeaning
“That’s demeaning!”It’s a familiar retort to texts like Titus 2:3–5, which implores women to work hard at home, or to 1 Timothy 5:14, which encourages women to manage their households, or to Proverbs 31:27, which portrays the ideal woman as one who is not idle but looks well to the ways of her household.Did God give women this work to demean them?Home Work Is Divine WorkGod himself is the best of home workers.He delighted in crafting this world and then ordering it, establishing days and nights