Christian Working Mom June Interview
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Interview
Welcome
As I write this both of my children
are gone. This is the first time this has happened
in 13 years. My daughter is on a mission trip and
my son is at a Christian boys camp. So, my husband
and I are going to try empty nesting. Actually, I
fought back tears this morning as I left my son at
camp. He will do better than me. It will be hard not
to be a Mommy for a week, but I will try. Hope you
are having a wonderful summer and may I give you a
great big virtual hug from one CWM to another.
I need your help I have run out of Christian
Working Moms to interview. If you would like to be
interviewed and have not been interviewed send an
email to Kimberly@kimberlychastain.com
and put interview in the subject heading. I will send
you an email with the questions. It is practically
painless, I promise. We can learn from one another
in the interviews.
CWM Blog/Online Bible Study
In the interest of my children being
away, I posted a question on the CWM Blog about what
do you do when your children are gone? You can find
the CWM Blog at http://christianworkingmoms.blogspot.com.
I recently posted Lesson 10 on the CWM Bible Study.
You can find it at http://cwmbiblestudy.blogspot.com.
I am not sure how many more lessons will be posted,
due to the CWM Coaching Tips. I am having a difficult
time finding enough time to do both. We will see.
CWM Coaching Tips
To find out how to receive a coaching
tip daily in your email box, go to
http://www.kimberlychastain.com/cwmtips.htm.
Interview
I appreciate Regina taking time out
of her busy schedule to be interviewed this month.
Let’s get to the interview.
Regina is a 30 year old married 11 years
CWM who lives in the United States. She has a daughter
who is 6 and a son who is 2 ½.
Regina is a Benefits Service Manager at a Benefits
Consulting Firm.
Regina shares the following joys of
being a CWM:
1. Being able to contribute financially to my family.
2. Showing my daughter what it means to be a CWM.
3. Being able to sympathize and encourage other working
Moms.
4. Showing people what a woman, a mom can do!
Regina shares some of her struggles
in being a CWM:
1. I sometimes worry whether or not
I am contributing enough
to the growth and molding of the character of my children.
2. I worry whether or not my children see more of
God in me
working or would see more of God in me not working?
3. I sometimes wonder if I’d be able to do more
and contribute
more as a Christian woman, mom, not working?
Her favorite Bible verse currently is:
“Micah 6:8, “He has showed
you, O man, what is good. And what does the LORD require
of you? To act justly and to love mercy and to walk
humbly with your God.”
God is teaching Regina to accept who
He has made me to be, to
loved that woman, to enjoy that woman, and to be even
better than that woman wants on her own. (Thanks for
that Regina; if we would all see ourselves as God
sees us we would be so much more fulfilled.)
Regina also shares if you feel God is
leading you to work, don’t allow the opinions
or choices/plans other people have impact your sense
of whether or not you’re doing it ‘right’.
God does not expect that we will all live and choose
to live exactly the same way, each of us is unique
and each of our contributions to His kingdom and our
family is different, but NO LESS IMPORTANT!
Regina also encourages churches, women’s
ministry leaders to begin to establish programs towards
the working mom. It can feel very lonely to Christian
moms who are working full time. I would encourage
working Christian moms to be strong, be brave, be
real, be Godly in all that they do. Their measure
of success in life is not based on whether or not
they worked in the home or outside, it’s on
how they lived their life for Christ, raised their
children to be Christ followers, and how they changed
the lives of those that they came into contact with.
Your children . . . God. . . . will love you NO LESS
for having worked.
Amen, Regina on our success being about
living our lives for Christ and raising our children
to be Christ followers. Nothing is more important.
Thanks so much for your words of wisdom.
Final Thoughts
For our readers who live in the Midwestern
United States and who have experienced tornadoes and
flooding my prayers go out to you.
We have truly had some difficult weather events all
over the world.
May you know God is with you even in the midst of
turmoil.
Till next time,
Kimberly M. Chastain
