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There is a cry among church people everywhere for Titus 2 women to come forward and mentor younger Christian women.

Articles fill newspapers and magazines, "experts" appear on talk shows daily, trying to solve the problems of today’s society as it relates to the family in the areas of child rearing, marriage, divorce, etc.

Why is there this concern for families today? What can we do to get back to family values? Where have we gone wrong? Actually, if you listen close enough, nobody is admitting any wrongdoing, everybody wants to blame everybody else and we’re all looking at each other for the answers, instead of looking inside ourselves and to the God of the Bible.

I am going out on a limb here and will say something that I am sure a great number of you will come up with exceptions for. I believe if the woman of the home would look at her husband, family and home as her FIRST and PRIMARY ministry, we would have less problems in families today. Any verse in Proverbs 31: 10-31 tells us just that.

I also have a little theory, all my own that I know of, that supposes that the base and root of relationship problems, is caused by what I call the Satanic Wall of Selfishness.

SOOOO, if I put these two "theories" together, I come to the conclusion that the reason I, as the woman of the home, will not consider my family as my primary ministry, is because I have constructed a Satanic Wall of Selfishness around me.

I WANT a bigger house, a nicer car, better schools for my children, a nice vacation at least once a year, a beautiful wardrobe, basically all the trappings of the "good life".

But WHERE did I learn that? Is it Bible? Does it follow God’s priority list of: God first, then my husband, then my children, then my home, then any ministry I’m involved in, THEN "other pursuits? No where in Ephesians 5:22 through 6:18, does it allow for a woman to allow a position OUTSIDE the home to come BEFORE the needs, wants or desires of her husband, children or family.

I say, "Well there is nothing wrong with having nice things........God did not say that was sinful". I Timothy talks about the LOVE of money being the root of all evil, not the money itself. "And even though I work, I just work part-time and I still fulfill all my ministry obligations".    However, I need to ask myself the question "Am I completely fulfilling the obligations of my FIRST MINISTRY, my home, ultimately, my husband, family and home.

I grew up in a generation of plenty. I also grew up in a generation of transition, where many women were leaving the full-time work and calling in their homes for full-time careers outside the home.

I know a certain number of these women who NEED to work, and this is NOT the category of women I am speaking about here. I myself fell into that category for a NUMBER of years, as a single parent. But I also see many who have made it their CHOICE to work outside the home. I need to ask myself this question whenever I am presented with this type of a situation.

Is this a GOOD choice for me and my family, or is this the BEST choice? What would God say if I could ask Him that question? Well, dear friend, I CAN ask Him that question, just by going to Him in prayer and asking HIM which choice I should make. He WILL answer, I just sometimes don’t like what I hear.

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