My blogging has been in kind of dull lately, so I wanted to pick it back up with a bit more of an “exciting” twist. I thought I would start with what the Lord has laid on my heart to do.
I have felt, for a while, that I haven’t met the calling of God, as much I want to (as a mother). I’m not going to post a “boo-hoo-cry-me-a-river” type post, but rather just explain and tell you what I’ve done about it.
Like many of you ladies out there, I did not grow-up with a model of what a “Keeper of the Home” was - so I’ve really had to rely on the Lord to show me. I just feel I haven’t been “deliberate” enough training our girls in the things they will be using in future years. They not only need the training, but also need the practice with the skills they are trained with, so I thought, ‘it’s time to get started’.
When I run across a great idea on a blog, I try it, here at home, to see if it fits - if I read something spectacular, in a book, I’ll do the same. But the kind of training I’m looking for, I haven’t really found one specific source, so I began praying about it. I believe God has revealed some things that are going to be grand. I am going to make this a weekly series letting you in on what I’m doing around my house to train our girls to be “Keepers of the Home”. Keep in mind, our girls are old[er] (13 & almost 7) and many of these things will not apply to younger girls. However, I’m kind-of thinking that the earlier to start them, the better - remembering they need to have practice before implementing them on their own.
I, myself, have a home management binder to keep all my priorities in order (I’ll post that later). I thought it would be a great idea to have both of our girls make their own. It takes effort to become organized - it isn’t something that MOST are just born with. Our [almost] 7yo is one it comes to [more] naturally. Our 13yo, which thinks the floor is one gigantic shelf in life which everything should reside on, it doesn’t come quite as easy, but she is getting so much better, even as we speak. Clearly they both need the guidance, so we are going to embark upon “KTH101″ (Keepers of the Home 101). I will post pics of what they look like, as well as descriptions later (my wonderful hubby is running the color pics, at work, for me today).
To begin with you will need to gather:
1 - 1″ binder with plastic insert sleeve covers (for each child)
10 - clear plastic page protectors (for each child)
10 - self-adhesive index tabs (for each child)
1 - ream of 20# printer paper
I’ll be back later today, after you’ve gathered all your things, and provide a better description of what we’re doing. I’M SO EXCITED!!!
