There is No Specific Blueprint



There is no one way to create a joyful home. I am afraid that I was falling into the trap of thinking that I had to keep my home like another woman may keep her home. I was constantly looking for ways to be a better homemaker, mother, and wife. I was reading books and asking for advice. Don't get me wrong, it is okay to seek wisdom about these things because the bible implores us to seek Godly counsel, but I was looking for a specific blueprint. I have learned that there isn't one. The only instructions we have for this life is the Bible and our personal intimate relationship with Christ. I am learning that I can get ideas and tips on how to keep my home, be a wife, and a mother but only in my quiet time with the Lord will I find out His specific plan for me and my family. Whew!!! What a load off of my back because I certainly wanted to be the perfect June Cleaver type of wife and mother, but that is not realistic, at least not for me. God gave me a personality and when I became a believer he didn't take away my traits and the distinguishing things that make me, ME! My personality is now in submission to His ways and His will. I am still the woman that He made, but He is taking that personality that had been so perverted and disrupted from my bondage to the world and He is now cleaning it up and making it more pleasant and pure.

I am no longer confused and dazed about this daunting task in front of me. I get up everyday with a longing in my heart to be more like Christ and in turn He is making me into a beautiful homemaker, mother, and wife. I just look to Him for all that I need and by His grace I am finding my specific blueprint. I am finding out how to be the best wife to my husband and the best mother to my children.

So ladies don't get frustrated with trying to fit into some other woman's shoes. Be who God created you to be and enjoy the journey of being molded into the image of our Lord and Saviour, Christ Jesus. And in time you will be the perfect woman that is fit for her King!

Happy Homemaking!