Guest guest Posted October 3, 2002 Report Share Posted October 3, 2002 Hi all, I just got this email tonight. I really like this poem. My ex couldn't understand why I didn't keep the house spotless. This poem expresses how I feel about the importance of being with my children while they grow up. The house needed to be clean, but spotlessness was not necessary. in Minnesota linda@... " Love in the Home " If I live in a house of spotless beauty with everthing in its place, but have not love, I am a housekeeper--not a homemaker. If I have time for waxing, polishing, and decorative achievements, but have not love, my children learn cleanliness--not godliness. Love leaves the dust in search of a child's laugh. Love smiles at the tiny fingerprints on a newly cleaned window. Love wipes away the tears before it wipes up the spilled milk. Love picks up the child before it picks up the toys. Love is present through the trials. Love reprimands, reproves, and is responsive. Love crawls with the baby, walks with the toddler, runs with the child, then stands aside to let the youth walk into adulthood. Love is the key that opens salvation's message to a child's heart. Before I became a mother I took glory in my house of perfection. Now I glory in God's perfection of my child. As a mother, there is much I must teach my child, but the greatest of all is love. --Author Unknown Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 3, 2002 Report Share Posted October 3, 2002 That is so lovely, , and oh so true. Thank you for sharing. Much Love... Tess Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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