Tuesday, September 7, 2010

She Looketh Well to the Ways of Her Household

I know some believe happy children are netter than clean homes. Very true!!! But at the same time we must realize an unclean home makes for an unhappy family.
So how can we battle a messy home? It is always so pleasant to walk into a home where it shows someone cares to clean up.
If we clean a table--we will find it to look so much more peaceful, for cleaned homes DO look peaceful. Disorder and clutter make one feel tired and exhausted--it may be strange, but filth does not weary one as much as clutter!
So one does not start cleaning up by using a broom and mop--but from de-cluttering. Only leave what would be on the counters and clear everything else...it will leave a much more peaceful looking area. The floors, walls, closets, cupboards--DE-JUNK! Determine to get rid of 3/4 of your cluttered contents.
The order given to others in your home gives a peace in others. You can admire and respect the other women who keep things neat, clean, and happy.
So children do not tire of messes--they get used to it. Simply developing a habit of reducing clutter is the training we need that will help us and our children to become dissatisfied living in clutter.
Most of all, however, we must remember our home is for the family, not to show. We cannot keep counters perfect all the time--we can only do our best with the strength God has given us, which is all that is required.
A cluttered home is no disgrace--it only becomes that when you are willing to let it remain that way for days at a time.
"Until the pain to remain the same exceeds the pain to change, we'll remain the same."

The Simmons Family

The Simmons Family