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What Does 'Keeper of the Home' Mean to You?

I was asked this question on an e-mail list I'm on.  My answer is below...I would LOVE to know what YOU think!

Blessings from Ohio, Kim Wolf<><

Myself, I have to include homeschooling in my personal definition…as I am a homeschool mom.  I consider it both a vocation and a ministry. 

I consider being a keeper of my home as having a finger-print on everything in the home.  If you were to look around my home you would see decorations I’ve made, cross-stitches I’ve labored over, flowers I’ve arranged, furniture I’ve refinished w/my dad, curtains and pictures I’ve hung, antique tins I’ve collected and displayed.  You would smell food I’ve either just taken out of the oven or that I’m cooking for a coming meal, soap laying out to season, herbs in my windowsill.  You might hear music circulating through the house from any one of our rooms, birds singing through the newly washed windows, the laughter of my wonderful daughters as they lean their heads together for a bit of girl talk or when they’re joking around with my hubby and me. 

When I think of a keeper of the home…I think of a mother’s attitude guided by the Lord so that she can keep it all in order.  As a keeper of the home we can – for good or bad – demonstrate that old saying “If Momma ain’t happy, ain’t nobody happy!”  If “Momma” has let the Lord help her to keep her home, then even though we live in a fallen world,  peace will reign, order will be found and love will be felt.

Blessings from Ohio, Kim Wolf<><

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03:06, 2008-May-12 .. Posted by Schatzi

What a cute post...you are so right:-)

Blessings,

Connie

Tender Hugs

01:06, 2008-May-13 .. Posted by afarmgirl

Kim, you are wise and wonderful and I love reading your blog! Your home is such an inspiration and I want to applaud you!!!