- Shopping with Gracie, gingerbread latte, smelling the candles at bath & body balsam fir is my favorite! Go
- BEAUTIFUL DAY TODAY!! I think I want to go for a good run with my favorite music. Go
- I missed school today and I was gonna get my hair done while I was there... so Holly's gonna do it herself! :) Go
What does it really mean to “keep a home” does this go beyond just keeping things clean and picked up? I think so. I can speak from the example of my mother of all 8 children. Being a “keeper at home” from my perspective, a daughter in the home. Keeping home goes beyond the daily chore checklist, in my opinion.
“Keeping home” (Titus 2:5) has a spirit, a spirit of warmth and love to it. Making your home a place of love and inner warmth is your job as the woman. You create the atmosphere of beauty and peace. Those who come through feel the sense of love. Keeping things clean and fresh is a huge part of that but it doesn’t end there.
It’s the small things like: coming home and smelling supper on the table, lighting a candle in the window, simmering autumn potpourri, arranging a harvest center piece on the dining room table, hot mulled cider on the stove, arranging a country-autumn wreath for the door or baking a pumpkin pie! There are so many fun homey things you can do for your home.
All of these (except we bought the pumpkin pie, to be honest) fall ideas I have mentioned I experienced recently in our home. My mother is great at making home a real HOME. She made a beautiful centerpiece with gourds surrounding her “Harvest” Yankee candle for our dining room table and she handmade a beautiful autumn wreath for the front door.
There are so many little ideas that can make your home especially warm when you put your heart into your home. Just a little more thought going beyond just the basic needs. And those you love the most notice and benefit. Then you’re making your house a real home. And that makes your family enjoy and love to come home. That’s more than just “good housekeeping”.
Today I rushed out into the cool fall morning. The leaves were falling off the trees already. I couldn’t help but be so thankful to the Lord. I am so thankful for what Jesus Christ has done for me. Thankful he is always near. Thankful for the changing seasons and thankful for the health I have and enjoy. I am thankful for my family and for the many blessings He has brought into my life. He keeps blessing when there is no reason for a blessing. When I think of what I deserve again I realize how blessed I am. I think of His blessings being new every morning and His great faithfulness to me.
