Consider these words from an "Appreciation" in the Washington Post by Laura Sessions Stepp:
“What a sign of the times, one might say. Or, how sad. The world will never know what else Ruth Graham, who as a wife and mother reared five children and wrote 14 books, could have accomplished had she not been Billy Graham’s ‘helpmeet,’ . . . Being a pastor’s wife, particularly an evangelical Christian pastor’s wife, is one of the hardest jobs there is. Not only are you expected to obey and serve your husband, you’re supposed to like doing so, and on the occasions you don’t, keep quiet about it.”
Did you get that? We will never know what Ruth Graham could have accomplished had only she not chosen to give her life to serving her husband and family. How absolutely contradictory this sentiment is to the teaching of the Scriptures that Ruth Graham treasured so highly!!
I wonder, what do you think about that?
“What a sign of the times, one might say. Or, how sad. The world will never know what else Ruth Graham, who as a wife and mother reared five children and wrote 14 books, could have accomplished had she not been Billy Graham’s ‘helpmeet,’ . . . Being a pastor’s wife, particularly an evangelical Christian pastor’s wife, is one of the hardest jobs there is. Not only are you expected to obey and serve your husband, you’re supposed to like doing so, and on the occasions you don’t, keep quiet about it.”
Did you get that? We will never know what Ruth Graham could have accomplished had only she not chosen to give her life to serving her husband and family. How absolutely contradictory this sentiment is to the teaching of the Scriptures that Ruth Graham treasured so highly!!
I wonder, what do you think about that?
1 comment:
Classic misunderstanding of complementarianism. Godly wife... godly mother of 5... author of 14 books! What a wasted life... Gimme a break!
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