The Most Beautiful Thing in the World

Trully our home should reflects all these three: Peace, Love, and Faith...

HOME

An artist, wanting to paint a beautiful picture, asked a pastor, “What is the most beautiful thing in the world?”

“FAITH,” answered the pastor. “You can feel it in every church, find it at every altar.”

The artist asked the young bride the same question. “LOVE,” she replied. “Love builds poverty into riches;

sweetens tears; makes much of little. Without it there is no beauty.”

A weary soldier said, “PEACE is the most beautiful thing in the world and war the most ugly. Wherever you

find peace, you find beauty.”

Faith, Love, Peace! How can I paint them? Thought the artist. Entering his door he saw Faith in the eyes of his children and Love in the eyes of his wife. And there in the home was the Peace that Love and Faith had built. So he painted the picture of the “Most Beautiful Thing in the World.” And when he had finished, he called it, “HOME.”

~ FIRST BAPTIST BEACON

Home Management

“And let the beauty of the LORD our God be upon us: and establish thou the work of our hands upon us; yea, the work of our hands establish thou it.” Psalm 90:17

“Through wisdom is an house builded; and by understanding it is established: and by knowledge shall the chambers be filled with all precious and pleasant riches.” Proverbs 24:3-4

“Houses and riches are the inheritance of fathers: and a prudent wife is from the Lord.” Proverbs 19:14

Being a homekeeper requires the discipline of organization. What is that? Well, according to Mrs. Julie Fink in her Bible Study Guides, the discipline of organization is the training of ourselves to have self-control over our tendency to do our work at home in a chaotic manner. I’m sure there’s no beauty in a chaotic household, and certainly it will not feel like heaven on earth.

So, in order to establish an organized house, I have put together a Home Management Book. It’s a book where I keep my daily schedule and routines, my menu planner and recipes, my cleaning schedule, my children’s homeschooling journal and lesson plans, my financial records, and some articles. This book will help me keep in track of the things that need to be done everyday.

My Home Management Book cover

In this folder, I keep my daily schedules and routines

This is the Homeschool folder, I keep the children's school routines and journal here

The Household folder is where I keep all my cleaning schedules

This is for the menu planner and recipes

The Finance Folder is to keep our daily financial record

Now that the book is done, the hardest part is to put it into action. I’m not an organized person, so I need to discipline myself to do my schedule and routines, and to do it diligently. And to tell you the truth, I don’t always practice what I preached. I was struck when we went to my friend’s house and my son said that their house is very beautiful and neat. From that moment, I made a promise to myself that I would create a home that filled with beauty.

Lord, help me to be a prudence wife to my husband and a gentle loving mother to my children that I may glorify Your Name. Amen.