Wednesday, March 21, 2007

Homemaking



....young women to love their husbands, to love their children, to be discreet, chaste, homemakers, good, obedient to their own husbands, that the word of God may not be blasphemed.
Titus 2:4-5




Wow, this is so wonderful. I feel so blessed to be the wife of this great man and mother of our precious son and daughters.


The Lord spoke to me that I was doing a very important job at home. My hubby is travelling and he was looking for some place to eat his breakfast at the airport. What if the cafe workers thought that it was a boring job or demeaning job to cook food and wouldn't open the cafe. My hubby and many others like him would go hungry and their bodies wouldn't get the nourishment needed. This would result in him not being able to function well and serve the people he had to serve.


In a way if we look, all the people are serving someone who has been placed in their path by way of occupation or family or friendship. It wouldn't be a pleasant feeling if everyone decided that their service was not worth their time which they could use for their own self. And things wouldn't get done and any nation wouldn't be what it is, if the citizens didn't do their part.



Homemaking is a great job. Home is the background against which our life is lived. A safe retreat from the world's buffetings. Home is the most sacred and exciting place on earth.


Committing my family early every morning to the creator of this universe my Lord Jesus Christ.


As a homemaker I am preparing nutritious food for the nourishment of the bodies of my husband and children.


I am making sure our home is a clean and orderly place where they can come and rest and be replenished.


The clothes are all laundered and ready to wear. Teaching my children by example and training to have order in their life.


Teaching my children to set their priorities God first and all things will be well and in order.



Always being available for my hubby and children whom I have chosen to make the center of my life next to God.


Showing hospitality to those the Lord has put in our path so they will be refreshed and be inspired to get closer to the Lord.


Being charitable to those the Lord has put in our heart and path and thereby being a good steward of all that's given to us.


This is my gift, may be different for each person. I am gifted with the ability to appreciate Landscapes and paint them . It draws me closer to the Creator whenever I paint, it's a spiritual experience for me.


Now it's my prayer for all those wives and mothers to take their job seriously. No matter what you do, remember you are a child of God, a woman , a full time mother. By doing so we are making this unit of society called home the launching pad where we are getting our family launched into life.


A clean, happy, well organized home life enriches the lives of those who live in it and all those who come in contact.

There is cleanup always launching any worthwhile project. Focus on the end result. Cleaning feels good, necessary and even noble.

Tuesday, March 6, 2007

Need of the early morning quiet time


Now in the morning having risen
a long while before daylight,
He went out and departed to a solitary place;
and there He prayed.
Mark 1;35
If the Lord Jesus felt the need of this early morning quiet time,how much more should I!
He opened His ear each morning to receive instructions for the day from God the Father.(Isaiah 50:4,5)
How often the Lord has woken me up,
and I just tried to roll on and catch some more sleep.
Pretty soon as the day dawns,
say a quick prayer and a quick reading of the Word.
And all that needs to be done crowd into my schedule.
Chaotically every thing's done as if to keep from drowning,
in all that needs to be accomplished.
I realise, oh I haven't spent my quiet time with my Lord today,
No wonder I have been gasping for time.
when I did not give my early morning to the owner of time,
To come and meet quietly before daylight.
He's waiting there for me,
to give me the secrets, for my day ahead.
I earnestly repent and He quickly forgives,
and is always ready to restore ,
the close relationship I cherish.
My Father,my Daddy,my Lord!