Attributes of a Godly Woman Week Six: She considers homemaking a high and noble call Titus 2:1-5 1  But speak thou the things which become sound doctrine: 2  That the aged men be sober, grave, temperate, sound in faith, in charity, in patience. 3  The aged women likewise, that they be in behaviour as becometh holiness, not false accusers, not given to much wine, teachers of good things; 4  That they may teach the young women to be sober, to love their husbands, to love their children, 5  To be discreet, chaste, keepers at home, good, obedient to their own husbands, that the Word of God be not blasphemed. Attitude Adjustment: The World’s Attitude vs. The LORD’s        Again, what does the world say about homemaking? ‘You’re a failure if you’re a stay at home mom! You NEED a job to have any self-worth. You NEED that second (or third) brand new automobile. You NEED that fancy jewelry. You NEED the designer clothing. You NEED.’ And outside of trying to meet our own selfish needs with making money even when the LORD has blessed our husband with a good job, what about the children? We fall prey to the TOTALLY wrong teaching of Mrs. Bill Clinton. It does NOT take a village to raise a child! It takes parents who LOVE their children enough to want to teach their child in the nurture and admonition of the LORD!        Even in the OLD cartoons, stay-at-home-moms are pictured as sitting around getting fat eating bon-bons and watching soap operas or reading fashion magazines! HELLO???? If I did that, I would not be in obedience to the LORD as a stay-at-home-mom, either! I prefer to call it a “work-at-home-mom”. I know that now, as a published author, I could put “author” in the blank when asked what my vocation is. For me though, the ULTIMATE calling of my life besides winning souls for the LORD is being the best wife and mother I can be! Mind you, I am decidedly not a housewife...I am married to Daniel Seest, NOT my house!! But I am a HOME-MAKER, and blessed to be so!        I don’t know about you, but there’s not a lot of housework I really ENJOY. I don’t like to mop, I don’t like to scrub toilets and showers, I don’t like to do laundry (which I always have considered one of the worst parts of the curse put upon us in Genesis!), and I don’t like washing dishes. I do these things, but you know, I don’t enjoy them a bit. Sometimes I feel that the work never gets caught up. Just about the time I get something clean, someone (someone I love...keep this in mind...!!) gets it dirty again. My husband really likes for me to keep the house neat, and I know that. So I try, and now I need to be doing it with the right attitude. I believe with all my heart that the place God has for me is just where I am - a ‘keeper at home’, and yet often I fight being disgruntled about the never-ending ‘piles’....        I have asked the LORD to help me find joy in the work He has given me. I want to “walk worthy of the vocation” to which I’ve been called (Ephesians 4:1). An online friend gave these 3 suggestions for being a God-pleasing Homemaker: 1.  Prioritize your life, and make sure the LORD is at the top of the list.        Then, hubby is second. Our “job” as the wife is to serve him. If I do not care for him properly, then I am not right with the LORD. That means, if he likes a clean house, then I should do my dead level best to keep it that way. If he likes ramen noodles for supper sometimes.... 2.  Be creative. Working at creativity is what elevates being a ‘housekeeper’ to being a ‘homemaker’. Instead of coming up with whatever you can find for dinner, plan a menu. Try some new recipes. Your husband will probably die of shock! Not only will it make dinner a little less boring, it will probably help with the grocery bill.        If he likes the house to be decorated for the season (which my hubby does), plan ahead, and do it early, instead of waiting till the last possible minute, and grousing about it.        Creativity is what makes homemaking fun. It gives you an opportunity to be good at what you do. If you think you are just not a creative person, find good resources. Martha Stewart Living (magazine) is full of ideas (Just make sure you don’t try her stock tips. You might wind up in jail!). Keep some spice in your homemaking (and don’t just stick it in your cabinet). 3. Let your motivation be love instead of duty.        This is a principle which changes your outlook on everything. Remember when you were dating (or courting) your husband, and you couldn’t wait to make his favorite meal, or pie, or something just to show him you loved him? Do you ever do that now? It doesn’t seem like such a chore when you do it for love.        The same is true in our relationship with the LORD. As we grow in our Christian walk, it becomes easier to do the right things, not only because we know from the scriptures they are right to do, but because we love and desire to please the LORD. When our relationship is based on love for Him and seeking to please Him, nothing will seem too hard (II Corinthians 5:14).         WRAP UP:        Young ladies, ask yourself, “What can I do to encourage my Mom in her homemaking for our family? What can I learn from her? Could I even now find out what she HATES doing and offer to help...before she tells me to do it even? Out of a heart of LOVE *_* ??”        Wives, we must ask ourselves, “How is my attitude toward the tasks God has given me? Are my priorities in line with His? And am I doing my God-given tasks out of a heart of love?”