Comments on: Homemaking is About People http://www.passionatehomemaking.com/2009/06/homemaking-is-about-people.html Loving simple, natural, and intentional living Sun, 12 Feb 2012 04:04:26 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Amanda http://www.passionatehomemaking.com/2009/06/homemaking-is-about-people.html/comment-page-1#comment-11945 Amanda Tue, 16 Jun 2009 17:50:24 +0000 http://www.passionatehomemaking.com/?p=5534#comment-11945 Thank you for a great reminder. As a new wife and newer mom, I sometimes get so bogged down in making our apartment look perfect, and I forget what it's all about. My family/guests will be happier if the house is decent and I am content than if the house is perfect and I am stressed. :) Thank you for a great reminder. As a new wife and newer mom, I sometimes get so bogged down in making our apartment look perfect, and I forget what it’s all about. My family/guests will be happier if the house is decent and I am content than if the house is perfect and I am stressed. :)

]]> By: Susan http://www.passionatehomemaking.com/2009/06/homemaking-is-about-people.html/comment-page-1#comment-11924 Susan Tue, 16 Jun 2009 03:57:47 +0000 http://www.passionatehomemaking.com/?p=5534#comment-11924 This is such an encouraging post and comment section! I didn't grow up with a homemaker either and have found great joy in being one. Well, there is loneliness, boredom and frustration too. I've been reading the book "In Praise of Stay-at-Home Moms" and a point she makes is that any job had its tough points, just because that's so doesn't mean you quit and find another job. We can raise the esteem of homemaking without making it a utopia (we will always wait for heaven while we're here on earth). And this "job," like no other, brings the greatest joys. I'm usually out and about at least some each day to avoid the "bored and lonely" feelings but last week I took it easier (pregnancy does that to us sometimes!) and stayed home all day. I kept asking God what to do during the day and found that at the end of the day I actually enjoyed being home. I felt more relaxed when my husband got home and didn't feel lonely like I sometimes do. I just enjoyed the time with my toddler and my God. This vocation is just getting better with time. Thanks again for the encouragment Lindsey! This is such an encouraging post and comment section! I didn’t grow up with a homemaker either and have found great joy in being one. Well, there is loneliness, boredom and frustration too. I’ve been reading the book “In Praise of Stay-at-Home Moms” and a point she makes is that any job had its tough points, just because that’s so doesn’t mean you quit and find another job. We can raise the esteem of homemaking without making it a utopia (we will always wait for heaven while we’re here on earth). And this “job,” like no other, brings the greatest joys.

I’m usually out and about at least some each day to avoid the “bored and lonely” feelings but last week I took it easier (pregnancy does that to us sometimes!) and stayed home all day. I kept asking God what to do during the day and found that at the end of the day I actually enjoyed being home. I felt more relaxed when my husband got home and didn’t feel lonely like I sometimes do. I just enjoyed the time with my toddler and my God. This vocation is just getting better with time. Thanks again for the encouragment Lindsey!

]]> By: E.E. http://www.passionatehomemaking.com/2009/06/homemaking-is-about-people.html/comment-page-1#comment-11914 E.E. Mon, 15 Jun 2009 11:45:40 +0000 http://www.passionatehomemaking.com/?p=5534#comment-11914 Thanks Lindsay! I need this reminder. Hospitality was not something I grew up with and it has been a hard habit to get into - - particularly when I wish my home was more "perfect"... I know I should be willing to open my home, even if it isn't decorated and updated just as I'd like it to be. (Is it okay to have company over when your curtain rods are still hanging there bare? ;) I've been in homes that would be considered dumpy by most peoples' standards, but the love that was shown there made it a place you always wanted to come back to. God, help me to have the kind of love and hospitality that makes even my "undecorated" home a place others love to be. Thanks Lindsay! I need this reminder. Hospitality was not something I grew up with and it has been a hard habit to get into – - particularly when I wish my home was more “perfect”… I know I should be willing to open my home, even if it isn’t decorated and updated just as I’d like it to be. (Is it okay to have company over when your curtain rods are still hanging there bare? ;) I’ve been in homes that would be considered dumpy by most peoples’ standards, but the love that was shown there made it a place you always wanted to come back to. God, help me to have the kind of love and hospitality that makes even my “undecorated” home a place others love to be.

]]> By: Heidi http://www.passionatehomemaking.com/2009/06/homemaking-is-about-people.html/comment-page-1#comment-11892 Heidi Sun, 14 Jun 2009 04:14:13 +0000 http://www.passionatehomemaking.com/?p=5534#comment-11892 I love the part about deleting emails and cleaning up your computer - and how that in no way defines office work, it's just a repetitive part of it that allows the actual purpose of office work to be completed. I need to remember that about housework. It is necessary and repetitive, but it helps me achieve my true purpose of homemaking - making my home a welcome place for my family, my friends, my neighbors and the church (welcome, not perfect). I really appreciate this reminder. This tweak in my thinking gives me a completely different outlook on the tedious work I tend to put off. Perspective is good, and I frequently need to adjust mine. Thanks for writing the words I needed to read. I love the part about deleting emails and cleaning up your computer – and how that in no way defines office work, it’s just a repetitive part of it that allows the actual purpose of office work to be completed. I need to remember that about housework. It is necessary and repetitive, but it helps me achieve my true purpose of homemaking – making my home a welcome place for my family, my friends, my neighbors and the church (welcome, not perfect).
I really appreciate this reminder. This tweak in my thinking gives me a completely different outlook on the tedious work I tend to put off. Perspective is good, and I frequently need to adjust mine. Thanks for writing the words I needed to read.

]]> By: pom pom http://www.passionatehomemaking.com/2009/06/homemaking-is-about-people.html/comment-page-1#comment-11891 pom pom Sun, 14 Jun 2009 02:04:18 +0000 http://www.passionatehomemaking.com/?p=5534#comment-11891 Hospitality is risky in a warm and wonderful way. Some people have a sweet gift of hospitality and for others, it's a stretch, but a Mary heart is so welcoming and a Martha heart serves. Hospitality is risky in a warm and wonderful way. Some people have a sweet gift of hospitality and for others, it’s a stretch, but a Mary heart is so welcoming and a Martha heart serves.

]]> By: Katie http://www.passionatehomemaking.com/2009/06/homemaking-is-about-people.html/comment-page-1#comment-11877 Katie Sat, 13 Jun 2009 02:04:18 +0000 http://www.passionatehomemaking.com/?p=5534#comment-11877 thanks for the reminder! it's so easy to get weighed down by the 'everyday' tasks that we undertake. they don't seem so hard to bear when we remember why we are doing it and WHO we are doing it for! thanks for the reminder! it’s so easy to get weighed down by the ‘everyday’ tasks that we undertake. they don’t seem so hard to bear when we remember why we are doing it and WHO we are doing it for!

]]> By: kileah http://www.passionatehomemaking.com/2009/06/homemaking-is-about-people.html/comment-page-1#comment-11868 kileah Fri, 12 Jun 2009 22:19:43 +0000 http://www.passionatehomemaking.com/?p=5534#comment-11868 i think if i shouted amen any louder you would hear me from my house! :D thank you, lindsay!!! i think if i shouted amen any louder you would hear me from my house! :D thank you, lindsay!!!

]]> By: Joy http://www.passionatehomemaking.com/2009/06/homemaking-is-about-people.html/comment-page-1#comment-11865 Joy Fri, 12 Jun 2009 21:48:11 +0000 http://www.passionatehomemaking.com/?p=5534#comment-11865 Great thoughts and quotes! I couldn't agree more, and I appreciate you sharing this with us today! Blessings, Joy Great thoughts and quotes! I couldn’t agree more, and I appreciate you sharing this with us today!
Blessings,
Joy

]]> By: Jennifer http://www.passionatehomemaking.com/2009/06/homemaking-is-about-people.html/comment-page-1#comment-11859 Jennifer Fri, 12 Jun 2009 21:37:23 +0000 http://www.passionatehomemaking.com/?p=5534#comment-11859 I LOVE this post. I'm learning to be a homemaker. Hospitality has never come naturally for me (it is for my husband - so he helps me) but it is something that I'm striving for. Thanks sooooo much for this little bit of encouragement. I LOVE this post. I’m learning to be a homemaker. Hospitality has never come naturally for me (it is for my husband – so he helps me) but it is something that I’m striving for. Thanks sooooo much for this little bit of encouragement.

]]> By: Annie http://www.passionatehomemaking.com/2009/06/homemaking-is-about-people.html/comment-page-1#comment-11835 Annie Fri, 12 Jun 2009 19:08:42 +0000 http://www.passionatehomemaking.com/?p=5534#comment-11835 There is a church down the street from us with a banner that simply reads "MAKE LOVE YOUR GOAL". It always catches my attention, and I thought of it once again when reading your blog. Thanks for the good reminder. There is a church down the street from us with a banner that simply reads “MAKE LOVE YOUR GOAL”. It always catches my attention, and I thought of it once again when reading your blog. Thanks for the good reminder.

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