Marcia, Marcia, Marcia!

So, I have this really cool, neat-o, funny, smart and godly friend named Marcia.
She lives in Miami (so did I, as a child) and she has a blog:
Home is Where One Heart Is.

I chat with her on the phone and on Face Book,

and I really love her heart and her honesty.

I respect her and love her writings!

I asked her to come meet y'all and so 

here she is!

Here's her take on homemaking, and I quite agree with her:




MY LIFE'S WORK


I cannot tell you when I knew that God had profoundly 

embedded a passion in my heart for being a homemaker. I was born with it but discovered it was there all along as He gently nudged me through the years. I am certain it intensified when I began to live for others and not for myselfbut dying to self is truly the work of a Master Artist,a work that is still very much in the making.

As I walk the journey of making a home, of being a wife and mother, a home school teacher and student in the school of life which never closes its doors, many of my own experiences connect me with kindred hearts. Together each of us makes a beautiful tapestry when we embrace our calling.
The stories are not all identical but the beat of the heart is one--desiring to create a haven for our loved ones, a place of beauty--instilling memories that will enrich their souls.

Christ is the Artist. He is creating a beautiful tapestry through us. He weaves us. My precious Savior and Friend weaves us. He stirs the intricacies and gifts in each of us and forms a beautiful tapestry. 
I am not the one inclined to appropriately use such gifts or create a masterpiece of beauty. He is. 
I am simply blessed and strengthened by the privilege to serve Him as I walk this journey. I am blessed to be an adornment of His choosing for His work of art.

 
Pause and think about those words.
We are an adornment of His choosing,not a mere instrument but an adornment that delights His heart.

My life's work as one thread in the tapestry...encouraging, praying, speaking promises that faith will never disappoint...
loving.
My life's work, my placement, my color...to bring Him glory.

Sadly, a lot of homemakers don't see their work as such. 
Dear one, you are bringing Him glory right where you are--in your house, apartment or office, in pajamas or a suit, cleaning, cooking, feeding the babies, or being a peacemaker.
You were born to bring Him glory.
If we wrap our mind around that, even doing the dishes can be rewarding. Yes, I feel your pain.

A job is what you are paid for and work is what you were born to do. You can afford to lose your job but you cannot afford to miss your life's work.This is what will make your heart sing, serving Him and knowing He is pleased as the thread not only took its place but also rejoiced as it realized it was called there by such an Artist.

I am honored that God would call me to make a home, to bring Him glory. I often wonder how anyone could live without knowing their calling. Ignorance is bliss they say but revelation is heavenly. Without it life is shallow and empty. I thank Him each day for revealing such a calling and for increasing my passion as a homemaker.

But just what is a homemaker?
A homemaker is a minister. We are ministers called to a field that is not exactly popular or admired these days but who are we ministering to? 
Do you recognize the Master's smile upon you when He sees you honoring such a calling of excellence? Do you understand how He grieves when you don't grasp its worth? He does not grieve because you disappoint Him. He grieves because you are missing out. 
Remember, the calling is living to bring Him glory. Are you honoring the calling or are you dreaming of other mission fields in far away places which always seem so much more adventurous and worthy?

Are you delighting in being at home?
No, not your house--home--the center of His will.
What a privilege it is to know what home is. What a privilege to impart that passion in others.

Today I honor every maker of a home...every mother,father,daughter and son,every heart who knows its calling,all laborers,and each and every minister of His love who lives for His glory.
To you...to your life's work.
~Marcia

[Click on her banner below to go say hi! She's very friendly!]

Thank you, Marcia.

I want to be at home.

The center of God's will.

Don't you?