Housewife/Carpenter

Both my heavenly father and my earthly father have the title of being a carpenter. As I'm sure you know, a carpenter is a builder or a repairer. I have never really put much thought into Jesus or for that fact my dad holding this title. When I think of Jesus I think of so many other amazing things he did while he was here on earth. You know things that you and I could never do. Things like raising the dead. But the truth is, he was a carpenter.

What is my title? Housewife! Or as I like to call it a domestic engineer. Sounds so good right? lol

What do these have in common? Wow what do they not have in common is more like the question. We as housewives have to take the time and plan what is to come. How is one move going to help or hinder another. Is the foundation we are laying going to hold up to the floods of emotions that life here on earth will bring? Are the fine details being payed close attention to? How plain and undesired would something as simple as a chair be if the seat wasn't properly sanded? Or even bigger, when constructing a home if the electrician, plumber, roofer, mason, framer, etc. didn't understand the blue print. How would a home be constructed? It wouldn't!

We have to look at the blueprints each and every day to be able to work together to build our families. It's not enough for just me to be looking over the blue prints. I have to be sure to surround myself with others who are looking at the same set of prints. If not how can we possibly come together to produce a complete outcome. Really think about it. How can a house be built if everyone isn't in open communication and isn't observing the fine details of the plans?

I am thankful for the community of families that God has so graciously placed in my life. Families who value God's word as much if not sometimes more than I do. I am thankful for my mother and (step)father who are walking beside Eric and I helping us in the fine details of our children's lives.

I am very proud to think of myself as having a very similar profession as Jesus.