The Love of Being a Woman of God
- Jul 11
- 2 min read
Oh, how I love being a mom, Mimi, and wife.
Nothing compares.
These are not the roles that compete with my purpose—they ARE my purpose.
Everything else in my life has been intentionally built around them.
That's why I created a career that allows me to serve women while protecting what matters most: my family. I am deeply grateful for God's blessings and for allowing me to walk in a calling that honors both my ministry and my home.
Never underestimate the value of your God-given roles as a woman.
"The wisest of women builds her house, but folly with her own hands tears it down." — Proverbs 14:1 (ESV)
A godly woman does so much more than the world gives her credit for. We create a home where love grows, where the presence of God is welcomed, where meals are shared, laughter echoes, peace is protected, and children learn what faith looks like. We encourage our husbands, pray over our families, carry burdens behind the scenes, manage appointments, finances, school, health, celebrations, and countless daily details that hold a family together.
These responsibilities are not "less than." They are Kingdom work.
If our careers, commitments, or activities consistently pull us away from faithfully stewarding the people God has entrusted to us, it's worth asking whether our priorities are aligned with His design. Success means little if we gain recognition while neglecting the ministry God first placed within our own homes.
For many years, I longed and prayed for a family. After everything I've walked through, I do not take one moment of it for granted. Now, as the matriarch of my family, I consider that role one of my greatest honors and one of my greatest responsibilities. I will protect it, invest in it, and lead it with humility, strength, and the fear of the Lord. I also believe that role deserves respect because it was established by God Himself.
To every woman faithfully loving, serving, nurturing, praying, and building her home—you are doing holy work. Your influence reaches generations.
To every woman that has tried to do this but is struggling because your husband hasn't been that godly, safe protector, provider, and leader, keep the faith, do the best you can, and if your story doesn't look like you expected, don't give up hope. We serve a redeeming God and sometimes that means walking away so He can rebuild a new story with you! Sometimes, this looks like just a mother and her children.
Keep building. Keep loving. Keep pointing your family to Christ regardless of what that looks like in your current season.
❤️ Connie Wunderly BSN, RN, NC-BC, BC-MHC
Founder, Overcomers in Him
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