How To Find Purpose In Your Home {+ free printables for you!}

Feel like you’re just going through the motions in your homemaking? If it seems like you’re stuck in a rut with no sense of purpose, here’s some hope…

 

 

…nothing you do in the Lord’s service is ever useless…
{ 1 Corinthians 15:58, GNT }

 

…nothing you do in the Lord's service is ever useless… {1 Cor 15:58}Click To Tweet
 

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How often do you groan under the weight of that feeling of futility?

As homemakers, it can become a regular occurrence. We get up, do the same routine, scrub the same counters, wash the same clothes, vacuum the same floors, clean the same spots, over and over and over… It seems like we work so hard and so long to get the place clean, and two seconds later, it’s all as bad as ever again!

The writer of Ecclesiastes knew all about it: “So I hated life, for the work which had been done under the sun was grievous to me; because everything is futility and striving after wind.” {Ecclesiastes 2:17}

So, why does it all seem so futile?

For the creation was subjected to futility, not willingly, but because of Him who subjected it, in hope that the creation itself also will be set free from its slavery to corruption into the freedom of the glory of the children of God. For we know that the whole creation groans and suffers the pains of childbirth together until now. And not only this, but also we ourselves, having the first fruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting eagerly for our adoption as sons, the redemption of our body.
{ Romans 8:20-23 }

 

All creation has been subjected to futility, ultimately in hope that all creation can be set free from the slavery to corruption that 2 Peter 1:4 says is in the world because of lust.

We hope for the ‘freedom of the glory of the children of God.’Click To Tweet

Isn’t it true that the futility of things has a way of lifting our eyes to heaven as our souls cry out for justice and for everything to be made right? Just as Romans 8 says, we “groan within ourselves”, longing for the day that we are in the presence of Jesus, when the curse has been lifted from the earth and all pain and crying and injustice and futility is gone for good.

Just as light seems to shine brighter in the darkness, so the yearning for restoration seems to grow stronger in the midst of futility.

So, next time you’re scrubbing that same counter, or washing those same clothes, or picking up those same toys yet again, remember that things won’t always be like this. One day, sooner than we think, Jesus will return to restore all that is broken and weary and futile.

One day, sooner than we think, Jesus will return to restore all that is broken and weary and futile.Click To Tweet

And remember, that in the meantime, He has called you to make your home a place that reflects and reveals His glory and truth {see Proverbs 24:3-4 and Titus 2:4-5}. So, “whatever you do, do your work heartily, as for the Lord rather than for men, knowing that from the Lord you will receive the reward of the inheritance. It is the Lord Christ whom you serve.” {Colossians 3:23-24}.

Also, take courage in the fact that “nothing you do in the Lord’s service is ever useless” {1 Corinthians 15:58, GNT}.
 

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But, the good news is: this amazing giveaway celebrated the launch of the 4th annual…

Homemaking Ministries Online Conference 2017

…and all the details are now revealed! (Plus, there are freebies further down the page… keep reading!)

The conference will be held in September and is completely online. The sessions will all be recorded so even if you can’t watch live, you can still watch the sessions anytime, anywhere, and on any device. It really is made as easy as possible to watch everything in your own time!
 

This year’s theme is Finding Purpose In Your Home and here’s the amazing list of 23 speakers who will be teaching over the 5 days of the conference:

Tickets are on sale here!

This is a fully online conference with tons of fun activities throughout the week. This means: You get the feel and the community of an in person conference with the flexibility of being able to watch the sessions any time you would like!

The conference will be live September 25 – 29th, 2017 but once each session goes live, you have the freedom to watch it anytime on any device – forever!

So click here to find out more about the conference and grab your ticket!

And now for those freebies…

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And remember…

…nothing you do in the Lord's service is ever useless… {1 Cor 15:58}Click To Tweet

 

 

→ Need some help (fast!) to get certain areas of your homemaking under control? Click here to read 5 Resources To Calm Your Homemaking Overwhelm…

 

What area of homemaking do you find it hardest to see purpose in? Share a comment below…

 

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