The Ultimate Question
“… I am not saying that any mother who works outside the home is sinning. That is for each family to decide as they wrestle with the Scriptures and their circumstances. I know there are many mothers who have to work. My mother, like far too many women, was left to raise a child alone. She did not have the luxury of being a stay-at-home mom. My mother had to put food on the table. “Other women’s husbands have died or are disabled. Some women have chosen career paths that allow them to work when their children are at school, and others work part-time as volunteers. All of this is in keeping with the Proverbs 31 woman… “The ultimate question, however, is, “Are we working because we have to or because we don’t think our house is big enough or our car new enough or our bank accounts fat enough?” If it is the latter, we have crossed the line. That is when our children have been sacrificed on the altar of prosperity. That is when Moses’ warning echoes through the hall of history: ‘Then watch yourself, that you do not forget the Lord who brought you from the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery.” -Dr. Voddie Baucham “Family Driven Faith” pages 163-164
