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To Stay At Home is Best!!

10:29, Friday, November 30, 2007 .. Posted in On my heart... .. 3 comments .. Link

Stay, stay at home, my heart, and rest;
Home-keeping hearts are happiest,
For those that wander they know not where
Are full of trouble and full of care;
To stay at home is best.

Weary and homesick and distressed,
They wander east, they wander west,
And are baffled and beaten and blown about
By the winds of the wilderness of doubt;
To stay at home is best.

Then stay at home, my heart, and rest;
The bird is safest in its nest;
O'er all that flutter their wings and fly
A hawk is hovering in the sky;
To stay at home is best.

~ Longfellow

Isn't that just a wonderful poem?? I just LOVE being at home! I love being with family, I love learning things to prepare myself for my future home, I love being here to help my mom, I just love being at home!! There was a time (when I went to public school part-time) that I didn't love home... I loved friends, etc. But God wasn't finished with me yet!! I've changed SO much over the past 4-5 years!! My mom got this book for Christmas one year and I just devoured it!!

There is a story in there about a girl that reads all the time... she has a younger hard working sister who (eventually) gets asked to be courted by a wonderful young man. The older sister THINKS that she is a great helper, but in reality all she does is create more work for others. For example: one day all of the family was outside working in the garden... except this girl. They asked her to do lunch and when they came in and were eating the lunch she had "made" (the other sisters cut up all the vegetables for the salad and she just needed to mix it up), they were happily talking as joyful families do... this girl blurted out "It really was no trouble". They were all just a little confused... she continued "It was no trouble to get this ready". She was just the most selfish, ungrateful girl!! BUT I saw a little of myself in her!! I started coming out of my room more and helping... this book changed my life!!!!!!!!!!!!

Awhile later I purchased a book called "Mother"...

and the same thing happened. I read this book and was changed!! This story (you HAVE to read it if you haven't!!!!!!!!!!!!) is about a young woman who doesn't really like home... there are so many children, the town is ugly, she is sick of teaching school, etc. A rich and famous lady comes to this town and offers her a job as her personal secretary. After a couple of years and many things happening, she is led to see the wonderfulness of her mother, the hard work that she puts into her family and the incredible JOY that comes from doing that!! As I read this LIFE-CHANGING book, I was led to help even more. Now it is kind of a joke between my mom and I, whenever I read this book I help more than I usually do... and my mom KNOWS that I've been reading this great book!! I am so grateful that Heavenly Father has been leading my heart home... He has been preparing me to love my future home as I learn to LOVE this one!!! May we all learn to LOVE our homes... they truly can be a HEAVEN ON EARTH!!!

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12:10, Saturday, December 1, 2007 .. Posted by kerimae
I've been thinking of reading this book, but now I almost feel compelled! So glad you have discovered the deep, quiet joy of being home. It is such a privledge and honor to do God's work within our homes. It seems so humble, and yet delivers the most magnificent blessing.

Blessings,
Keri

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01:24, Saturday, December 1, 2007 .. Posted by Kitty
You and your mother are so blessed to have each other. My dd is 25 and living on her own, and ever since she moved out of my home a year ago, she has let the world change her. I pray for her daily, her and my 24 yo son. The world is very coruptive it you let it be. I pray they come HOME.............Kitty
PS I will have to check into these books, thanks.

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01:36, Sunday, December 2, 2007 .. Posted by blessedmomof10
Oh I agree -- home is best!! I have the book Mother ~ I found an original copy here at a local antique store and it is in excellent condition too! It is a beautiful book with a wonderful message ~ especially for young ladies, like yourself, who are maidens at home. :)

Lovely poem ~

Sister P

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