No Longer Quivering
by Debi Pearl of No Greater Joy – Does What You Do Matter?
Editor’s note: This comes from an article by Debi that is actually an ad for her new book ‘The Hidden Help Meet’ that I need to resume my review of. The book is actually so dull and mostly involves all these women connected to the famous in the faith from a hundred plus years ago. She still claims that everything you do matters drastically for eternity.
When I was a young mother I often wondered “Does what I do matter?” My life seemed so purposeless. Most days were spent cleaning the house, changing diapers, cooking meals, feeding snacks to constantly hungry little ones, settling squabbles, and then doing it all over again an hour later. My husband would go paint pictures at the mall or go teach the Bible to military men, but it was too much trouble for me to go because the little ones would soon be tired or hungry or fussy or make a big mess. I remember wondering, “What is my life? Does what I do make any difference?”
Now as a woman of 66 years old I can begin to see the picture that God had for me. The early years were a building block of my future—the future that would have been drastically different if I had not been faithful in small things. In those early years I was pouring into young souls who would rise up and proclaim the name of the Lord. I was learning to be faithful, loyal, and forgiving. I was unknowingly an example that changed the course of many. Those early years were the time for learning and gaining skills that would allow me to minister in years to come.
Your days may be dreary. You might have experienced extreme hardship or tragedy. You may be married to a man uninterested in God or in raising your children to honor him. But God has used simple obedience in the women of times gone by to prove to us that what we do matters. Live your life, teach your children, and honor God as if millions coming to know the living LORD depends on you, because it might.
QUOTING QUIVERFULL is a regular feature of NLQ – we present the actual words of noted Quiverfull leaders, cultural enforcers and those that seek to keep women submitted to men and ask our readers: What do you think? Agree? Disagree? This is the place to state your opinion. Please, let’s keep it respectful – but at the same time, we encourage readers to examine the ideas of Quiverfull and Spiritual Abuse honestly and thoughtfully.
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