In Quietness and Confidence...

My heart echoes these words loudly!

I have made this the goal of my life

for many years, through thick and thin,

over hill and dale,

through stormy weather and calm.

As a homemaker, 

I am also a keeper of the home.

It is my duty to keep my heart

with all diligence,

because out of it flow the issues of life.

If I do not appreciate my calling,

and pine for another calling

outside my home,

it shows.

If I do not daily lay aside the petty cares,

the selfish wishes,

the fleshly 'lusts that war against the soul',

including the 'lust' to have others

love me as I wish to be loved,

it stacks up and I do not become

the woman of God that He has called me to be.

Home.

Would it not be so wonderful

if that word would invoke

warm thoughts and a longing to be there

in the hearts of all those who should

hear it from our households,

no matter their age,

no matter where they are?

I surely hope that it does so to my family.

To keep the home peaceful

I have found that as the keeper of my home,

I need to be prayed up,

and continually moving forward with the Lord,

as He sanctifies me in my words and in my thoughts.

To hold onto selfishness

only results in discord and unrest 

in my home.

After a bike ride recently...

Let us choose to let Him write His thoughts upon our hearts,

and walk by faith in the places He calls us to.

He is faithful.

And will do exceeding abundantly

above ALL that we could ask or think.

If we honor Him,

He honors us in ways beyond

understanding and comprehension 

sometimes!

"In quietness and confidence

shall be your strength."