Women and the home

My husband has been writing a series of articles concerning the role of women in the church and the spiritual leadership of men.  To read his blog please follow this link - http://instrument-rated-theology.com/.  I would like to write to the women for a little bit.  In Titus 2:3-5 it reads "Likewise, teach the older women to be reverent in the way they live, not to be slanderers or addicted to much wine, but to teach what is good.  Then they can train the younger women to love their husbands and children, to be self-controlled and pure, to be busy at home, to be kind, and to be subject to their husbands, so that no one will malign the word of God." (NIV)  A few years ago I read several books written by Elizabeth George and she really opened up the depth of these verses for me.  I really picked up on the busy at home and all that can mean.  So many women are in the outside workplace and they have lost the joy and fulfillment of what it means to be busy at home.  We have been sold a lie that if we stay home we are wasting our talents and gifts and that we will not be fulfilled.  Nothing is farther from the truth.  We have been sold a lie that our children need and deserve all the latest toys and electronics so we need to work outside the home to provide all of this.  We are even being sold the lie that we no longer need men because we can do it all ourselves.  I have heard many women say they can do the job better than men.  There are positions that are uniquely suited to women.  Women in nursing and teaching jobs are a blessing because of the natural nurturing instincts of a woman.  We are blessed with an extra measure of tenderness.  We do need study and look at Titus 2:3-5 more and learn what it means for us as women individually and for women at large.  So many women point to the Proverbs 31 woman and say that she worked outside the home.  Did she?  Or - did she use her time wisely and sell from her home or in such a way that it did not interfere with her training of her children and caring for her household?  Let's encourage those who have chosen to be busy at home.  Let's encourage our men to work and lead us both spiritually and in every other way that encourages them to follow God's plan for families.