| I was recently reading an article and I became aware of something. With all that my mother taught me, she never really taught me to be a wife and homemaker. My family was mainly interested in preparing me for a career. As I see my life turning away from that idea, I'm left wondering, 'Is that what I want to teach my daughter?' The article mentioned that many mothers don't know how to be a Mom. The woman who wrote the article talked about the role model her mother was to her. She said her Mom was a Proverbs 31 woman and went down the list of the things she did. That made me think of my own Mom. She tried to teach me to sew when I was younger and I sewed two summer short outfits (that I loved!), but that was it. She never sewed except to patch something up and I lost interest. Around the time I got married God gave me a picture of a home and He put in my heart a desire to make all of our family's clothes and things for the home (like banners depicting Jesus as the Lion of Judah and the seven ways to praise God - todah, halal, shabach, tehillah, barak, yadah and zamar)...only problem is I DON'T KNOW HOW TO SEW!!! I tried to find people to teach me but things never worked out. I'd get two lessons here, one lesson there...
Anyway, I knew exactly what the author was talking about. There were gaps in my education. That got me to thinking what good was my college degree? It seems I was trained in all the wrong things. I should have been taught how to sew, decorate, cook along with other vital lessons. My husband and I met in college so it definitely was a good thing for me to go. I think God is just showing me that there is a better way. He wants this next generation to go back to the simpler things. So I'm turning my heart towards the old ways and learning those lost arts of homemkaing. That article touched my heart and gave me a remorse for what I hadn't been taught. God is awakening me to His will. |
