Role of women in family

In the introductory speech of Prathiba Patil, honorable president of India, told that the backbone of the nation lies in the empowerment of the Women of India.

When we try to apply the same principle for a family, I guess all of us agree to the fact that Women is indeed the back of a family too. Women out her various roles – may it be the journey as a mother or as a wife does undergo situation which needs to be dealt with shear prudence.

Today, we try to understand what the role of a woman is with the abbreviation of FAMILY.

F – Faith
A – Altar
M – Meditation
I – Identification
L – Light
Y – Yoke

Faith – The perfect family is that which roots its faith in the only Saviour, Jesus Christ. It is more the faith of the mother, which usually enables the children to grow in the knowledge and faith of the Lord.

Alter- Family is the altar for all the members to share their concerns. Often we observe in the so called nuclear family, where the husband and wife are employed and are having different office timing and working under pressure always, tend to neglect the alter.

Reflecting on my childhood days I remembers my grandfather and grandmother coming and spending time together in the evening, usually before the evening family prayer, sharing the concerns and trying to resolve them. I am sure it would have helped their children (and their grand children) to follow suit.
When children learn that this is place where they can rely upon and find a direction for all the issue they are facing, it will undoubtedly help all the family members to open up for themselves.

Meditation – Meditation on the word is special. It makes us physically as well as spiritually rich. As Ps.119:105 says Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path.

Identification: How do other identify a family. Usually, when we go a visit a home, we carry back some impressions about this family. If you analyse, a majority of this is through the impression with the women of the family created. This is another area of excellence for women.


Light: The more light we throw in the family, the more clear and evident would it be.

Yoke: Every individual in a family has a yoke to carry. By the grace of God, we will be able to develop the ability to carry this yoke without any issue.

The above aspects applies not only to women, but to men too as you would have inferred by this time.

God bless you!!