Setting Up House

 My home is very important to me. I believe it is part of what God has charged me with in this life. As keeper of the home for the majority of the days, it affects me very deeply when I feel as though it's being threatened. If  I'm on the phone too much, or the TV is on for too long, I notice changes in my kids. And in myself. It's  yucky. It feels yucky. It feels like chaos, disorder, constant input. For me, it makes it hard to hear God. How can you when it's never quiet? 

I was talking with my sister today about my grandfather, honoring his memory. It became very clear to me, the importance of the legacy that we leave our children and grandchildren. Money, possessions, titles- those things we cannot take with us when we die. Our legacy is about what we leave behind us when we go. Our behavior and choices today become our legacy that they will remember tomorrow. Be purposeful in loving and living.

I want my children to remember their mommy as one that loved Jesus and loved them enough to discipline and limit the things that threaten the peace or focus of our home. This weekend, I will unplug yet again. The phone, computer, and TV will be turned off. I will spend time with my husband, serving him and laughing with him. He makes me happy. And I will hug my children, smell their hair, hug their necks, and definitely rock them a little longer.Before you know it, they won't be able to fit in my lap anymore. But for now, they are little and I will let them be that way. All of these things not by my own strength but by God's good grace. Have a fantastic weekend!

Proverbs 14:1

Amplified Bible (AMP)

14 Every wise woman builds her house, but the foolish one tears it down with her own hands.