Megan

“What impact would repentance have had on the role of women in the culture? If, in her misery and unhappiness, America had fallen to her knees instead of throwing herself into the pursuit of licentiousness, would there have been any resultant change in the way women were viewed? Absolutely there would have been. I would argue that one of the first things that we would have needed to chuck out the window would have been the idealistic, superficial, and incredibly shallow view of homemaking that was flourishing in the '50s.”
― Rebekah Merkle, Eve in Exile and the Restoration of Femininity

“But I am arguing that a sloppy, lazy, underachieving attitude is not glorifying to God and is not a joyful or fulfilling approach to life.”
― Rebekah Merkle, Eve in Exile and the Restoration of Femininity

“And women were created by God to run. To charge at things. To work like crazy.”
― Rebekah Merkle, Eve in Exile and the Restoration of Femininity

“When the parent is qualified to discipline, he probably does not feel like it, and when he feels like it, he is probably not qualified.”
― Douglas Wilson, Standing on the Promises: A Handbook of Biblical Childrearing