Love in the Home
If I live in a house of spotless beauty with everything in its place, but have not love, I am a housekeeper--not a homemaker.
If I have time for waxing, polishing, and decorative achievements, but have not love, my children learn cleanliness--not godliness.
Love leaves the dust in search of a child's laugh. Love smiles at the tiny fingerprints on a newly cleaned window.
Love wipes away the tears before it wipes up the spilled milk. Love picks up the child before it picks up the toys.
Love is present through the trials. Love reprimands, reproves, and is responsive.
Love crawls with the baby, walks with the toddler, runs with the child, then stands aside to let the youth walk into adulthood.
Love is the key that opens salvation's message to a child's heart.
Before I became a mother I took glory in my house of perfection. Now I glory in God's perfection of my child.
As a mother, there is much I must teach my child, but the greatest of all is love.
- Author Unknown
Suzy, this is so beautiful. Something for me to always remember as I get "interrupted" in my daily cleaning duties. Our children are such a precious gift to us and they need to see and remember our love! Thanks for this post. I hope you don't mind if I print it out. Have a nice weekend!
ReplyDeleteHow sweet of you Lisa :0)
ReplyDeleteHave a wonderful weekend too.
Suzy.
Hey Suzy. Beautiful post. Your link didn't work over at my site. It brought me to a sign-in page for your email account. Anyways, if you feel like writing about Friday's topic on your own blogsite next week, you can come back and link your blogsite with mine.
ReplyDeleteTake care.
Robert
Lovely as always, Suzy. God bless.
ReplyDeleteoh this is good! mind if I print it out?
ReplyDeleteSuzy,
ReplyDeleteYour blog is so lovely and peaceful. I was born and raised as Roman Catholic. Half of both dh's and my families are Roman Catholic and half are Lutheran, both sides. We are now Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod.
I love this entry. It is something I really need to keep in mind in regards to my own home and children. Thank you so much for posting this.
Kathy
THankyou veritas for your kind comment.
ReplyDeleteHave a wonderful day:0)
Oooops Robert :0)
ReplyDeleteTierd mummy tyed wrong url code me thinks !!!
Hi Kathy,
ReplyDeleteThankyou so much for stopping by. My family's faith history is so similar to your's. My mother's side is Germsn Lutheran and my Father's side is Irish Roman Catholic!
Have a wonderful day:0)
Your blog is beautiful by the way.
Suzy
Hi Amy,
ReplyDeleteThankyou so much for stopping by:0)
Many blessings to you today.
Suzy
SuzyQ, what can I say you have posted another masterpiece today, keep up the good ork my sister... much luv ya
ReplyDeleteTHanks so much for your comment Channel of Healing. God Bless you today:0)
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