Even under the best of circumstances, the work of subduing the domain of the home often goes unappreciated. Children are often oblivious to the fact that they have an important person who is managing so many areas of the home in order to provide them with a stable life and a warm, nurturing home environment. They rarely appreciate the work and toil and emotional drain that mothers are required to pay. Children who live in a stable, well-managed home tend to take that stability for granted.

Yet children who have such a "shepherd" in their homes to oversee, provide for, direct, and protect the life of the home will benefit profoundly. In addition, as mothers establish the work of the home with honor and dignity, our neighborhoods, towns, governments, and institutions will prosper by being filled with wholehearted, secure human beings who have been prepared to live for God's purposes.

By embracing our call to home-making, we are ensuring that these life centers are thriving and well.

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