As we sat in church listening to our pastor make this statement, it went deep inside my heart. I found myself at the altar that morning knowing, I would leave changed. Repentance by definition means, to turn or make a change and that is exactly what was happening to me. It would be in the days that followed that would show the difference the altar had made in my life.
I knew in order to arrive at my desired destination I would have to set my course. I would not drift there. It would require hard work and a back stage pass into my home. It was not time for applause or a standing ovation, it was time to pick up the shovel and get to work. Are you just a bricklayer or do you know what your building? This rings in my ears every day. I was not going to just lay bricks without a blueprint for what I was building. Whether it’s wiping a runny nose, cleaning up juice spills, folding laundry, cooking, scrubbing toilets or reading bedtime stories. I knew my purpose. It is the heart of my home and my family was counting on me.
This is every wife and mother’s highest calling. It is my job to pour in purpose, destiny, future and hope. The tasks are not meaningless but resolute. I am building the next generation. The most important ministry I will ever have happens between the four walls of my home. God has put inside me the talents I need to make my home a haven, a safe place. A place where my family comes and finds peace, solitude, and comfort. My home is where my little girl hears and sees the Word of God lived. It’s where my family grows, plays, repents, and forgives. It’s where we learn to pray and seek God.
Faith and family are at the very core of who I am and rightly so, these values are at the core of who God is. The family unit is the building block upon which a society is built. A strong family, a Biblically-minded family, will become a society that is thriving and will create a culture that refuses to bend to a world pulling in the wrong direction.
There are some basic fundamental truths that we as families must get back to. We must guard our homes against life’s many intruders. We are the gatekeeper of our homes. This can only be done by the principles outlined in God’s Word, which are practical and freeing truths and when applied to our everyday life bring structure and purpose. God deeply desires to show us his heart and it starts in the home.
I hope you will join me in many of my short stories, as we set our course back to the basics and perhaps ask yourself the same question I was asked; Are you just a bricklayer or do you know what you are building?
A wise woman builds her home, but a foolish woman tears it down with her own hands.
Proverbs 14:1
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