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of noble character”), who has been propped up as the ultimate biblical role model for Christian women because of her domesticity and her devotion to her husband and children. But what we can too easily miss is how extraordinary this woman was beyond marriage and motherhood.
Adapted from Motherhood Is Not Your Highest Calling by Vicki Courtney. Copyright 2025. Used by permission of NavPress. All rights reserved. Represented by Tyndale House Publishers, a Division of Tyndale House Ministries.
My point is, many of the positions we’ ve been taught related to the roles of women often rely on isolated Bible verses taken out of the context of the whole of Scripture or the time they were written( and the cultural norms of the day). And when we do, we create burdens for ourselves and others that God never intended us to carry.
One of my greatest joys in life has been being a mother. While I consider it an important calling, it is not my highest calling. Nor is it yours. And that should come as a great relief.
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Vicki Courtney is the bestselling author of numerous books and Bible studies, including Move On, Rest Assured, 5 Conversations You Must Have with Your Daughter, and 5 Conversations You Must Have with Your Son. She is a two-time ECPA Christian Book Award winner and has appeared on CNN and Fox News. Vicki and her husband, Keith, reside in the Texas Hill Country and have three grown children and ten grandchildren.
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