Read Pro. 14:1
Every wise woman builds her house. I've only built one house but I know the labor and planning and hard work that goes into it. You have to be able to see the end from the beginning. I think that is what we have to do in our own lives. We have to see our children as adults so we will discipline them and train them to accept responsibility and grow into the adults we wish we were. We slowly build our families one memory at a time. It is so easy to want to escape into something more glamorous or fun than the work of slapping the mortor of training into the "hard as brick" heads of our children. Some times it would be easier to nail them to the wall and leave them hanging and leave the room, but parenting is an every day, not always gratifying job. We all think we were made for "greater things" than this but there is nothing "greater" than building a family. You may feel like you are getting no recognition and no one sees what you have to do everyday but you have a crowd of witnesses in heaven that are watching and cheering you on. One of the greatest things we can leave on this earth is a godly heritage that is taking the gospel into the next generation. So build your house well with a strong foundation of God's Word, walls of encouragement and discipline, illumined by godly insight and wisdom and filled with laughter and joy. Don't be like the foolish woman who destroys her house with one negative word at a time, or by abandonment to more fulfilling pastimes, or by depression and self pity.
Lord, help us to bloom where you have planted and scatter our seed in our own garden. Water our plants with your love and cause them to grow into strong trees for you.
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