A Garden Enclosed Part 3
Secondly, going out into the world puts you in the position of having to deal with strangers, non brethren, all the time. Contact with non brethren is not what the bible asks us to have, because they and their ways are potentially dangerous, a snare, as the bible calls it (Exo 23:33, Exo 34:12, Deu 7:16, Psa 106:36, Pro 29:6, Pro 29:25, Luk 21:35, 1 Ti 6:9).
Therefore, we are asked to stay away from non brethren, and if anyone of the house has to deal with the outside world, it should be the husband and his grown up sons - they speak with the enemy in the gate, not their mothers or sisters (Psa 127:5). Thus, they protect their women and younger children from the potentially bad influence of other people. So if your husband cares for you and your daughters, he should protect you from non brethren and their attitudes and vain babblings.
What a freedom to be allowed to stay at home and ponder the word of God while you work for your family ! What a freedom to be spared other people's silly talk about TV and fashion and make up and ungodly Hollywood, but to be allowed to fill your mind with things that really matter, God's plan for us and how to put it into practice within the family, God's Law and how it applies to the family !
Thirdly, if you read The Sin Of Bath-Sheba and our article on head coverings, you should know yet another reason why contact with non brethren is always risky. If your husband cares for you at all, he should be anxious to protect you from other people's staring eyes and filthy minds.
Separation is indeed essential, and as a garden enclosed, you are separated from danger and filth and ungodly behavior, to be your husband's wife alone, undefiled by other people's stares, undefiled by ungodly thoughts and talk, indeed a fountain of good things for your family, a garden where food grows in abundance, food for the heart, for the mind, for the soul and for the body. You can be your husband's help meet not only in caring for the family practically, but also in upholding God's Law in the household and thus in raising your children well, and besides, you can study to show yourself worthy (2 Ti 2:15) of being called a good wife indeed, her price much higher than rubies.
"Who can find a virtuous woman? for her price is far above rubies. The heart of her husband doth safely trust in her, so that he shall have no need of spoil." (Pro 31:10-11)
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