A Woman's Mission

Ok, so I know I vowed not to blog about anything too heavy, but I guess it is ok to have an occasional heavy topic isn't it? Well, I borrowed a book from my friend Hether (who by the way has not read this book yet) called A Woman's Mission written by John Angell James. It's a very short book (only 30 pages) but the author lived in 19th century England, so it made for a harder than normal read for me. The basic idea of the book is that a woman's mission (at least a married woman's mission) is to be a companion/helper to the man she is married to. That is what God created her for - man. Everything a woman does should focus around this mission. Now I know we can get into all sorts of debates about this topic, but I did find one passage in the book to be both challenging and encouraging. Here it is:

"She is in wedded life to be his constant companion, in whose society he is to find one who meets him hand to hand, eye to eye, lip to lip, and heart to heart; to whom he can unburden the secrets of a heart pressed down with care or wrung with anguish; whose presence shall be to him better than all society; whose voice shall be his sweetest music, whose smiles his brightest sunshine; from whom he shall go forth with regret, and to whose converse he shall return with willing feet when the toils of the day are over; who shall walk near his loving heart, and feel the throbbing of affection as her arm leans on his and presses on his side. In his hours of retired conversation, he shall tell her all the secrets of his heart, find in her all the capabilities and all the promptings of the most tender and endeared fellowship, and in her gentle smiles and unrestrained speech enjoy all to be expected in one who was given by God to be his associate and friend."