Home Building

Has it happened to you? You are with your husband at the company picnic and all that anyone wants to know is, "What do you do?" There they are, the women with manicured nails and coordinated outfits, wanting to know what exciting, interesting career is yours. How do you tell them that you are a stay-at-home mom? My answer? I am a home builder. No, I am not in construction. I don't build houses. I am building a home. What could be more exciting, interesting or important to the future of the world?

Being a home builder is not an easy task. You must constantly watch your attitudes. The saying, "Ain't momma happy, ain't no one happy" is so true. Our attitudes can create an atmosphere of stress or peace, forgiveness or condemnation, love or anger. We home builders have great power in our realm. When we learn to choose attitudes, words and deeds that honor and glorify God, we teach our children to do the same. We can show them how to react when someone's words are hurtful, how to show mercy to someone in need, and how to show honor to other's in our lives. What a burden, what a joy. Fortunately, we home builders don't have to go it alone. God gives us all of the skills that we need to build a home that pleases Him. We just need to make sure that we are putting Him first and spending time getting to know Him better each day.

Home building is becoming a lost art here in America. Women are so busy with their jobs, keeping house, running kids to after school activities, and volunteering in the community, that they seem to have forgotten that God has called them to build a home. Proverbs 14:1 says, "The wise woman builds her home, but with her own hands to foolish one tears hers down." Don't be a fool. Don't get so busy that you tear down your home. If you don't know how to go about building a home, find an older woman who can help teach you. Women, let's reclaim home building as the calling God intended for us.