I'm trying to gather my thoughts so I have in mind some principles when I am going through my house...I don't know if it will help or hinder, but this is what I've come up with so far. I reserve the right to add to this list at a later date.
The Purpose of My Home
1. Hospitality
I would love to have people over more often, but feel like if it's not clean that I can't "show that" to anyone...so I don't ask anyone over...not even my kids' friends.
2. Haven of Peace
With all the "visual chaos", I have a hard time being calm and relaxed...which makes my family uptight...as the old saying goes, "If mama ain't happy, ain't nobody happy." I don't want my kids to think that this is a picture of a "normal mommy".
3. Facilitate Education
I want the school area to be neat and orderly, not a clutter magnet. It's difficult to do any learning if you can't "find" what you're supposed to learn.
4. Family-Oriented
I would love for the house and all that's in it to draw the family closer together rather than drive us apart. There are too many things which make it easy to not spend time together building relationships. There is a time and place for "retreating" and spending time alone, but the amount of "retreat"-type things vastly overwhelms the "family-oriented" things.
5. Christ-Centered I hesitate to put this so far down on the list as this should be the most important thing for me to desire, but all of the above are encompassed by this. I often wonder exactly what this "looks like"...and this is the conclusion I've come to...If it is something Christ would approve of and enjoy, then it is Christ-centered. This does not mean that every last thing in my house has to have a Bible theme. That would be a bit on the legalistic side, although I wouldn't throw out my Christian-themed things. Having a Christian theme doesn't make them legalistic, NEEDING them to have a Christian theme because you feel it wouldn't please God if it didn't...THAT is legalistic. If Jesus came over to my house for the evening, what games would I break out to play with him? I'd hesitate to play any Bible trivia game because he'd beat the pants off of me. LOL But I might pull out Taboo or Pictionary. I would NOT pull out any '80s music trivia DVD game. (...good thing I didn't buy that this past Christmas ha ha) There's plenty of ways to have fun and still honor God.
That's all I can think of at the moment...but I might be back later...
Welcome to my blog...Why "gidget"? Well...my husband tried to teach me how to surf before we were married. I was lousy at it, but he called me his "gidget" and the name stuck.
Why "Treasure Trove"? I love sharing about my sweet little "treasures"...and God has blessed me beyond measure....and no, I didn't mean that to rhyme.
