Take Satisfaction in a Job Well Done

Smart Habits of a Successful Homemaker, Part 5 {Special Summer Series}

Hello!

Today, we’re talking about the habit of taking satisfaction in a job well done. This is the fifth and final part of our summer series, Habits of the Homemaker. If you’ve missed any of the other four habits, you can find a post on each one in the archives.

Our Aronia berries (chokeberries) are almost ready to harvest.

“She perceiveth that her merchandise is good: her candle goeth not out by night. Her children arise up, and call her blessed; her husband also, and he praiseth her. Give her of the fruit of her hands; and let her own works praise her in the gates.” (Proverbs 31:18, 28, 31)

Sometimes, in all the work of homemaking, we forget to enjoy the reward of our labor. The virtuous woman was a faithful, diligent worker, yet she also received the “fruit of her hands,” fruit that came as a reward for doing her work with excellence.

Part of that reward was the satisfaction of knowing she had done her best. We also read that her husband and children honored and praised her, which is …