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Keepers of the Home
In Titus 2, Paul exhorts older women to teach younger married women to be workers at home. While I'm not expecting to get married and have the responsibility of managing my own household within the next few years, now is the time God has given me to be cultivating those skills that I will need when I do have a household of my own. This is something that I know I need to be focusing on more than I currently am, and I would love to hear your thoughts/advice on this topic.
In Titus 2, Paul exhorts older women to teach younger married women to be workers at home. While I'm not expecting to get married and have the responsibility of managing my own household within the next few years, now is the time God has given me to be cultivating those skills that I will need when I do have a household of my own. This is something that I know I need to be focusing on more than I currently am, and I would love to hear your thoughts/advice on this topic.
Is learning to be a keeper at home something you are actively pursuing?
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I guess it would be smart to do that but who knows if I'll ever get married? What if God dosn't bring the wright person for me, would planning for being a homemaker be a waste of my time?
Dude... If you have to live by yourself, its just as important to be able to ably take care of yourself as it would be to take care of others. So no, learning how to do house work is never a waste of time.
I am definitely preparing to be a homemaker! I'm only 15, but I have learned a great deal already! I clean a lot, cook most of my family's meals, do a lot of laundry, and sew a lot! I'm even starting to make children's clothes, practicing on my neices and nephews. I definitely think homemaking is a worthy art to learn as a teenager, even if you don't end up married! It's great to know there are other like-minded girls out there. I really enjoy this blog!
Good question...I've been doing normal housework for a long time, but I haven't put as much practice into it as I should. I need to work on cooking creatively. My strength is baking, but I need to make more meals on a regualar basis.
And after babysitting for so many different younger mothers lately, I can tell you--it's SO important to learn to keep house, even if you don't think you'll get married! Lots of ladies have no prep at all and it makes their first few years of marriage really hard.
I spend 2 hours a week cleaning my apartment. The rest of my time is fully devoted to serving the Lord.
Thinking that you need to "learn" basic life skills to "prepare" for some big life of cleaning for your husband and family is a bit extreme to me.
What if you never marry? Isn't it better to devote you time to your relationships with your family, friends or God and focus on your education?
"What if you never marry?" seems to be the question of the day. Though some of us may not be called to marry, like Palm Boy said, even if you live by yourself, you're still going to be doing housework. Carolyn McCulley is a good example of this. As a single, she uses her home to minister to and encourage others (see Home and Hospitality).
Learning how to be a homemaker is more than preparing for the future. It is a way to minister to your family. Cultivating relationships is not only done through spending time with someone, it is also done by serving--your family and your friends through hospitality. By sharing some of the responsibility in your household, you are opening up more opportunities through which your whole family can minister. By working together, more can be accomplished as a whole than if each person is only looking out for himself.
Keeping home is education in and of itself! Not that learning physics and Latin is wrong, but neither requires the exclusion of the other. This would be where time management comes into play.
As for me, I know that I have a lot to learn about being a keeper at home and am thankful that my mom is willing to teach me. :-)
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