Get out of the bushes and come inside…
We are a voyeuristic culture, I know. We like to sit back and watch without really having to be involved or commit to anything. It’s like that in society and unfortunately that has seeped into our church culture. Well, I DO NOT want that to be the case here at One Red Pilot. I want us to jump in and be involved in forming a community here. Read about my heart for this blog here.
I’m going to start calling everyone who comes by One Red Pilot for their viewing pleasures and not joining with the conversation “peeping toms”. I’m honored that you are coming by and checking out what’s happening here, really I am, but I’d love to get some community going. How you ask? By commenting and getting some dialogue happening. For those of you who do comment…thank you. So here’s a question to get us all chatting…
What do you think would be the hardest job in the world and why?
My answer is: “stay at home mom”. They devote the majority of their time to raising their kids and somehow keep their sanity…it’s amazing to me.
So get out of the bushes and come inside!
~nate
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~Nate
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Good challenge there.
Yes, stay at home mom is a vast job that never stops, and for many, gets much too little respect or acknowledgment considering its scope and trials. Hopefully it has its good points all over the place, hopefully.
Our hardest job, I believe, is to be kind to those we dislike, too somehow hold out a heart whose door is open, to those who we feel, dislike us, or hold us in disrespect.
That is a job that can change the world.
i would have to agree with you 100% about being a stay at home mom. that job never ends!! but i will have to say that i think it would be one of the most rewarding jobs
Well, since you stole my answer, I’d vote a close second place to being President of the United States. He can never please everyone, people are constantly trying to kill him, he can’t go anywhere alone, he is responsible for the lives and safety of millions (how does he sleep at night?), people make fun of his wife and/or kids (poor Chelsea…), and that’s probably just on a Monday. I’ll stick to being a stay-at-home Mom.
ha ha- peeping Tom’s. Although I usually don’t have that problem as I do love to leave a blog comment! I would have to agree with both of you. Stay at home moms usually get the JUST before there description as in I am “JUST a stay at home mom” or I “just” stay home..yeah very little acknowledgement or respect even from ourselves..I think thats where finding ones validation and identity in Christ comes in.. for all of us..for men also…who tend to find validation in what they “do.” it just can’t work that way..AS for Predisdent of the U.S…thats a tough one..He definatley gets more outward repspect than a stay at home mom but there are probably similarities…hmm…
1) You can’t really ever take a “sick” day..in either position
2) You can’t not do your job just because you don’t feel like it… although the consequences would be a little different for the SAHM vs. Mr. Pres…
i used to work at starbucks…that sucked pretty bad. the job wasn’t that hard, but waking up each day was…(not because it was early, but because it was immensely depressing).
Funny. I’m jumping on the Mom band wagon..Umm. did we take over your blog nate? But when Julie Young said the other night that she was challenging herself not to “escaper her kids” as their Stay At Home. I sort of had a heart check…and I only have one baby right now. So, yes, as a new mom, sort of new, I still say it’s hard.
But I think that being truly capable of seeing God at work in our lives and not giving into venting, griping, whining, mistrusting in the process is the greatest challenge… To truly wake up each morning & lay down our cross or our idols…. it’s hard..to sincerely TRUST God each day.. and we are so equipped to do it; but we miss it so often. I miss it so often…
I’m reading Ruthless Trust right now…if you can’t tell.
i definitely have to agree. my wife stays at home with our three children and it’s an all day adventure, plus she home schools, which just adds to the excitement.
i know most of you probably don’t know me, but i’m matt, and i’m out of Faith A/G in Summerville – worship leader for the singles ministry there. it’s great to see community being built all over the place and what a great way to build it in the community, thx Nate.
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nate, really enjoyed your worship the other morning at James Island campus. Rob and I were back in town and were staying at Folly (we moved to Greenville). We miss seeing you and your precious family. Give my love to Carrie and the kids. Loran