Discover the beauty of biblical womanhood and how to live with purpose, grace, and faith in today’s busy world.
I love being a bit old-fashioned. I think we’ve lost something in the buzz of new technologies and labor-saving devices. I’m not suggesting I want to go back to the Dark Ages. But there is something valuable and beautiful in working with your hands and living away from the screen.
It seems to me that the more devices we acquire to save time, the less time we have. What are we doing with that extra time? The expectations we place on ourselves and allow others to place on us can be overwhelming and unrealistic. And are they even the right things to focus on?
Biblical womanhood isn’t about going backwards in tradition; it’s learning what God’s role is for us as women and daughters of the King. The message hasn’t changed even if the methods have. Are we intentionally loving our husbands, raising our children, and managing our homes with a heart that honors God? Are we seeking Him daily because we desire a deeper intimacy with Him above all else?
Being a godly woman is about the posture of your heart. Are you living out your life with humility, grace, and love? Biblical womanhood emphasizes the doing, whereas a godly woman focuses on the being. Both are vital for the faithful woman.
Walking in Your Calling
1. Biblical Womanhood: More Than a Set of Tasks
Living a life of biblical womanhood isn’t just about a to-do list. It’s attitude, attentiveness, and being anchored in Christ. He calls us to cultivate life in our homes because it matters. It’s not about women “belonging in the kitchen”. It’s about the power we have there to bring joy, comfort, and nourishment to our family.
Making and keeping a home is about the heart as much as the hands. They go together—like truth and grace; like faith and works. It’s not about completing the checklist every day. It’s about how you reflect Christ in your home. Make no mistake, it’s a journey. We need to learn to lay down the lie that our worth is tied to our accomplishments. That’s where the hard comes in. Holding space for God’s love while living out of that love is a truth we need to grab hold of.
2. The Home as a Sacred Space
When we make space to deepen our personal relationship with God, we invite Him in to change our thinking, our hearts, and our actions. We bloom from the inside out. We will have a very difficult time cultivating a home of peace and joy when our insides are screaming chaos and anxiety.
Your home should be the safest place on earth. No, you won’t always get it right, but you can aim high. Have regular times of devotion, keep worship playing in the room, respond, don’t react, and maintain a tidy home. That’s a start. As the keeper of the home, the children, the schedule and everything in between, how we move through it all matters.
I don’t always get it right. I’m an overthinker, a deep feeler, easily overstimulated (7 kids, hello!) and had more to do than hours in the day. I’m production-driven and I don’t like wasting time. These are exactly the reasons (among a million others) that I need my sacred time with Jesus each and every morning. Sacred time with Him feeds into creating sacred space for my family. I can’t do one without the other.
3. Embracing Grace Over Perfection
We must lean in and allow God to hold us when we can’t get to it all. Because most days it’s like that. But we can’t live most days feeling defeated. We need to live within our days and limitations while making the most of them. That’s all we can do. The rest we need to release.
When you consistently internalize all the ways you failed or all the things you didn’t finish, it takes a toll on your mind and nervous system. Before you know it, you’re walking around every day holding this tension you were never meant to carry. Release the perfectionism and let God fill in the gaps. His mercies are new every morning! Your job is to keep showing up.
4. Navigating Work and Home with Wisdom
We live in an age when it’s difficult, and in some cases impossible, to live on one income. So many moms are working, either running their own businesses or outside the home. I see you and this is still for you.
Your work and sacrifice are an honor to God. You may have to be more particular about your priorities, but you are still a beautiful picture of biblical womanhood as you honor God in all you do and all you are.
We live in a fast-paced, activity-packed era. Sometimes you have to make the hard decisions to say no more than you say yes. Only you and your husband can get with God to decide which priorities are best for your family. Every family dynamic is different, and there is no formula for raising the perfect family. The best thing to do is to stay connected with the Lord and follow His leading.
5. Building a Legacy of Faith
Your role as a mom is to be faithful to what God has given you. Teach your children about Jesus, live and love like Jesus and then leave the rest to Him. You can lay the groundwork, plant the seeds, and water them, but only God can bring the growth. So yes, discipleship is important groundwork. Even the small, unseen acts of faithfulness matter.
You may not see the fruit for a long time. In fact, there is a chance you may not see the full spread of fruit in your lifetime. I’ve read a decent amount of parenting books in my time, and most of them offer formulas followed by promises. And can I just say, that’s really unfair. Because no two kids are alike, even if you raise them the same way, with the same godly values and opportunities. Our kids come with their own personality, ideas, and free will. No one can make promises about the choices our kids will make, no matter how strong the parenting principles.
Build a legacy of faith by inviting them to know Jesus. Don’t try to control them through behavior modification. Sure, consequences can be a learning tool, but they will never be as powerful as God Himself getting hold of their hearts. Train them, teach them, lead them, but you can’t force them. In the end, following Jesus has to be their personal choice. We can build up a strong foundation and know we did our part as far as it depends on us, and leave the rest to God.
Walking in Joy and Purpose
You may think this isn’t a realistic way of living, but it is. It’s up to you to partner with Jesus and bring it to life. Biblical womanhood isn’t something far off and unattainable—it’s something we’ve already been given through Christ. We simply need to steward it. We need to love our people well and cultivate our home to be a sanctuary for His presence.
We have to stay close to God by showing up in our sacred mornings with Him. Sitting in His presence, listening for His voice, and taking Him with us everywhere we go.
These are not out of reach for us. They’ve already been given to us. Embrace the gift by stewarding it well. Love God devotedly and love your people. But also? Learn and know and believe how much God loves you—even when the to-do list doesn’t get completed. Even when your child yells that they hate you. Even when you feel unworthy, you need to know that you are God’s beloved daughter.
“Even before He made the world, God loved us and chose us in Christ to be holy and without fault in His eyes. God decided in advance to adopt us into His own family… This is what He wanted to do, and it gave Him great pleasure.” -Ephesians 1:4-6 (NLT)
Did you catch all that? You are: Loved. Chosen. Adopted. Wanted. Now live like it, sis.
In His Love,
Christin
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