Keepers at Home Part Seven: Keep Your Home!

I have been hearing lots of people say lately their house is a mess because...

I'm too busy

I'm not good at housekeeping

I'm just not that kind of person

or, my all time favorite

The kids come first (also known as: school comes first, dh has a weird schedule so HE comes first, church comes first, etc. etc.)

Now anyone who knows me at all knows I do not keep a perfect house. Nor even a close to perfect house. It can be messy. It can be dirty. But I am always TRYING. Trying to do it and do it better. I try because I KNOW scripturally I am called to keep my home. I know that it blesses my (and ANY ) husband if the house is clean, even if he thinks (or worse, if you THINK he thinks) that it is ok the way it is. Ha! They prefer it clean, organized and picked up ladies, even if they have never had the choice.

Now some of you who have not seen my house and don't know me, trust me when I say, the other girls here know I have no room to judge here so please don't think I am. I am NOT. This is all I am saying:

If you are not keeping house just admit it and DO NOT hide behind the excuse of, well, see above. GET OUT of denial and that is the first step toward improvement. (healing actually, from wrong, or lack of, proper training as women) A friend once spoke some serious truth into my life when she spoke about "spending our husband's time" (see blog: http://clunnlovelessons.blogspot.com/2007/08/how-will-i-spend-it.html) and I see it also applies here. HE has purchased this home for us and if I am not well caring for it and the things in it, I am also not spending his life properly. I am also not showing respect for what God through my husband, has given me.
More aptly put, I am not being a good steward.

Great, now I can't blog anymore, I have to go do something constructive.
Does making scones count? Lol

Having come from a place where you sometimes would not be invited in when you knocked on my door, I have reformed my thinking in the area of housekeeping. Christian women, where do you think that term came from: housekeeping- Keeping house- Keeper of the home....ever connect those terms?

Bless your home first. Keep home. Be the master of your domain so to speak. It is the charge the Lord has given you..you are the MANAGER of your home. You have, by mere gender, been scripturally given a position of authority of your home. Do you control it or does it control you?

Anyone feeling financial pressure these days and has any kind of heart, knows the difficulty our husband's are going through to provide...and the charge we have can be as difficult sometimes too...kids, house, food, money...it is a lot! But if God has GIVEN us that position, then He has EQUIPPED us for it as well.

I need to try harder too...progress not perfection!!! Let's make some progress today! It's never going to be perfect but we all know it can probably be a LOT better. Every time I make progress I see more that needs doing....used to drive me crazy. Now I realize it is just like our walk with God, he refines and moves on, refines and moves on...that is what we have to do too! Refine one area and move on, refine one area and move on...always checking in on those areas (as He does!) to be sure we haven't lost ground. It takes time! The Christian walk is a journey of progress and so is keeping your home. Endeavor to enjoy, rejoice, splendor! in the position you have been given.