Fundamentals of True Homemaking
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and give ourselves up to meditation, study, or prayer; neither are we to
be full of bustle and hurry and work, to the neglect of personal piety.
Waiting and watching and working are to be blended. “Not slothful in
business; fervent in spirit; serving the Lord.
Provide Laborsaving Facilities—In many a home the wife and
mother has no time to read, to keep herself well informed, no time
to be a companion to her husband, no time to keep in touch with
the developing minds of her children. There is no time or place for
the precious Saviour to be a close, dear companion. Little by little
she sinks into a mere household drudge, her strength and time and
interest absorbed in the things that perish with the using. Too late she
awakes to find herself almost a stranger in her own home. The precious
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opportunities once hers to influence her dear ones for the higher life,
unimproved, have passed away forever.
Let the homemakers resolve to live on a wiser plan. Let it be your
first aim to make a pleasant home. Be sure to provide the facilities that
will lighten labor and promote health
Even the Humblest Tasks Are the Work of God—All the work
we do that is necessary to be done, be it washing dishes, setting tables,
waiting upon the sick, cooking, or washing, is of moral importance....
The humble tasks before us are to be taken up by someone; and those
who do them should feel that they are doing a necessary and honorable
work, and that in their mission, humble though it may be, they are
doing the work of God just as surely as was Gabriel when sent to the
prophets. All are working in their order in their respective spheres.
Woman in her home, doing the simple duties of life that must be done,
can and should exhibit faithfulness, obedience, and love, as sincere as
angels in their sphere. Conformity to the will of God makes any work
honorable that must be done
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7
The Review and Herald, September 15, 1891
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8
The Ministry of Healing, 368, 369
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Testimonies For The Church 3:79, 80
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