Gentle Homemaking Inspiration ~ Proverbial Homemaker Series

"The aged women likewise, that they be in behaviour as becometh holiness, not false accusers, not given to much wine, teachers of good things; That they may teach the young women to be sober, to love their husbands, to love their children, To be discreet, chaste, keepers at home, good, obedient to their own husbands, that the word of God be not blasphemed."

~ Titus 2:3-5

There are so many negative views in this modern world of homemaking that this little series was born. It shares the romantic side which hopes to encourage and inspire you to love your home and embrace your daily tasks. We are sharing all our past prose in one place so that you can make a visit when/or if the battle of the "homemaking blues" sets in. My hope is that some of these brief articles and sweet sentiments will be a blessing to you!

“It’s amazing how lovely common things become,

if one only knows how to look at them.”

~ Louisa May Alcott

{titles shared below are linked}

"She Riseth" Early ~ A Homemaker's Morning

"Work of Our Hands" ~ A Homemaker's Wash Day

"Swept and Good Order" ~ The Mistress of the House

"She Strengtheneth" ~ A Homemaker's Health

"He Praiseth Her" ~ The Contented Homemaker

"Lemon Honey Marmalade" ~ A Homemaker's Musings

{This is more than marmalade, it shares the versatility of being a keeper at home.}

 "Soul Enjoy Good" ~ A Homemaker's Day Inn



"The Linens" {An Old Fashioned Day} ~ Whatsoever Thy Hands

"O dear mothers, you have a very sacred trust reposed in you by God! He hath in effect said to you, “Take this child and nurse it for Me, and I will give thee thy wages.” You are called to equip the future man of God, that he may be thoroughly furnished unto every good work. If God spares you, you may live to hear that pretty boy speak to thousands, and you will have the sweet reflection in your heart that the quiet teachings of the nursery led the man to love his God and serve Him. Those who think that a woman detained at home by her little family is doing nothing, think the reverse of what is true. Scarcely can the godly mother quit her home for a place of worship; but dream not that she is lost to the work of the church; far from it, she is doing the best possible service for her Lord. Mothers, the godly training of your offspring is your first and most pressing duty."

~ Charles Spurgeon

"There are many women who know how to keep a house, but there are but few that know how to keep a home. To keep a house may seem a complicated affair, but it is a thing that may be learned; it lies in the region of the material; in the region of weight, measure, color, and the positive forces of life. To keep a home lies not merely in the sphere of all these, but it takes in the intellectual, the social, the spiritual, the immortal."

~ Harriet Beecher Stowe

"Her children arise up, and call her blessed;

her husband also, and he praiseth her.

Many daughters have done virtuously,

but thou excellest them all.

Favour is deceitful, and beauty is vain:

but a woman that feareth the Lord, she shall be praised.

Give her of the fruit of her hands;

and let her own works praise her in the gates."

~ Proverbs 31:28-31

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