This is my 4th post from the series and you can find the 3rd one here - it was a past post from 2020 that fit well within the parameters of the theme.
Living holy lives gets a bad rap in the modern Christian world today from those who want to claim Christ but don't want to obey Him. In an American society where seemingly even $100K salary isn't enough to survive on, we see poverty-stricken women adorning themselves in everything from face creams to rouge to designer wear. You see, men think that they can't afford a wife and kids on $100K but the truth of the matter is, they can't afford the women's vanity and covetousness. I'm well aware that men can be covetous as well, if not more so, with their wants out of control, but this is a blog aimed at women.
Take a normal American woman today with her mani's and pedi's, salon visits, weekly clothing purchases, beauty creams, anti-aging potions and makeup galore - she is sure to break the bank of most men. She's painted up like a plastic Barbie and forever worried about her image. It's called idolatry and she worships at her mirrored and selfie altar. Not only is this an expensive sin but it is a demeaning one. She can't bear to be unmasked, as she is truly in a prison of fake.
Now take a woman living the holiness lifestyle with a Godly heart. She is shamefaced, so she has no need for makeup. She isn't worshipping her own image, so there is no mad rush to buy every product to stop aging. She is natural and doesn't add on fake additions to her appendages. She is modestly dressed and doesn't buy clothing to show off, so she doesn't spend her weeks shopping for more and more clothes. Bottom line - she is affordable!
Holiness living is conducive to "making it" in our American society. It not only saves you a ton of money but it saves the planet a ton of waste. As my last section shows on The Law of Blessing From Obeying Gender Roles, a wife at home is a valuable asset. She is home practicing frugality as needed within her husband's wages and she looks after the household budget and has time to pray and think about purchases. She is truly a manager of the home and finances and saves the family an enormous amount through her wise meal planning and homemade cooking; and saves the family's health in most cases!
Can America really afford to go without a wife at home? It sure doesn't seem so because just this week it was revealed that the average American family needs $270K to make it! Yet, most of us live on $60K or lower, and that with children. People are so far removed from the cost of their ways that they have gone mad. The spirit of never enough has enamored the masses in their own prison, of which they will never escape until they cast aside its tentacles of control.
