A young girl recently told me she wanted to one day be a housewife with a hobby. Hmmm…a housewife with a hobby sounds like fun. I had to make sure she knew being a housewife wasn’t all fun and there is little time for a hobby. Housewife, homemaker, domestic engineer, home-front career woman – whatever you choose to call it and regardless of whether you work within your home or outside of it, it’s no easy job. It’s tough work – if you do it God’s way. Personally, I choose the ‘homemaker’ name. Housewife sounds like I’m trained and chained to the house. As women of God we are all homemakers and we’re called to create a clean, loving, nurturing, safe, comfortable, peaceful dwelling for our family. Is my home always clean? I wish! Are we always in harmony? No! Is my home neatly organized? Yeah right! Making a home all God wants it to be is a lifetime mission – this is where the work comes in. There is no idle time. Decorating, cleaning, and cooking only scratch the surface of being a Godly homemaker. As you create (homemaker) your home, you must maintain (homekeeper) what you’ve worked so hard to make. Yes, it can be a challenging, thankless job. It takes every waking minute you have covered in prayer, yet the results will bring God glory and produce warmhearted memories for generations to come. What kind of home are you creating?
Proverbs 31:27 (NIV)
She watches over the affairs of her household and does not eat the bread of idleness.
