To The Mom

You are the creator of the home the kids are raised in/

1. Make it a home with laughter

Learn to be a happy mom. Teach your children to find joy in simple and quiet things as well as loud and busy things. Let them laugh about colors and drawings. Teach them the joy of reading as well as running.

2. Make it a home of sanctuary

The home ought to be that place everyone in the family loves to be.

• Protect the home from too many visitors.
• Furnish the home with things of the Lord.
• Adorn the home with wonderful smells.

My wife has always enjoyed scented candles. When my oldest son was about to be married one of his groomsmen, a young man who had grown up with my sons but had not been to our house since we had moved to a new ministry (it had been many years) walked in to our house and immediately commented, "It smells just like I remembered." 

• Different town
• Different house, but
• The same home.

3. Make it a home of expectation

Things should be arranged in a way that everyone is eager for dad to come home. The home needs to be a sanctuary for dad so he is excited to be home and the attitude of mom and the kids should be loving expectation of his arrival. (As a picture of our looking for Christ's return)

4. Make it a home of peace

Don't stress. You may have to change personal habits that make you stressed and that make you pass that stress through the home.

5. Make it a home of discovery

Answer those "Why?" questions. If you don't have the answer, teach your children how to find answers. Let them touch and smell and try. Let them work. Through attempts at making beds and washing dishes and raking yards they gain motor skills and a sense of the satisfaction of work.