"Where a strengthful womanhood keeps the house wisely and well, in prudent care and orderly comfort and cheerful peace, there, in the daily duties, trying and tasting, her character issues in loveliness of bloom and blessedness of privilege, softly shadowing the household beneath its gracious power and unselfish gentleness; so that the heart of her husband rejoiceth in her, and the love which was planted within those walls strikes down its roots through all the thin soiled fancy and passion into the rich ground of manly reverence and honor, from which to draw a sustenance and life which shall keep it fresh and green in the midst of the years as those that are planted in the house of the Lord.”
-JR Miller
I found this rich quote within a post:
http://www.generationcedar.com/main/2011/01/a-wifes-part-the-good-wife-is-a-good-housekeeper.html
With my mind these days on the subject of gentleness, I was pleased to see it so elegantly placed in a good teaching. It occurred to me in the moment I saw it, that first I must "keep the house wisely and well," and so on and so forth, and keep up my "daily duties," and in doing so, a more consistent "unselfish gentleness" will be mine. My impatience is also a stumbling block. It will be hard, since on Tuesday of next week, I must return to my job at the school, and won't be able to be a full-time homemaker. But day after day as I do my best with God's help, load after load of laundry, sink after sinkful of dishes, in submission and with respect to my husband, my ungodliness will fall away, revealing "loveliness of bloom and blessedness of privilege." I must wait upon the Lord. I can't expect to change overnight. It is work.
A tangible reward? "...so that the heart of her husband rejoiceth in her..."
God knows what He is doing.
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