The importance of home

In her article, “Giorgia on My Mind,” from the November/December 2022 issue of Gilbert, Susan Sucher (who identifies herself as a domestic empress) shared these thoughts we would all do well to keep in mind. She begins with a generous quote from G. K. Chesterton.

In his collection of essays, The Apostle and the Wild Ducks, Chesterton points out, “For at present we all tend to one mistake; we tend to make politics too important. We tend to forget how huge a part of a man’s life is the same under a Sultan and a Senate, under Nero or St. Louis. Daybreak is a never-ending glory, getting out of bed is a never-ending nuisance; food and friends will be welcomed; work and strangers must be accepted and endured; birds will go bedwards and children won’t, to the end of the last evening.” For all of us, the domestic sphere is the preeminent one. We would do well to remember that what we do in the home has significantly more effect on us and those we love than any political forces. Our hope lies in fulfilling the call to be what God intended – to fulfill his plan for us in our state in life.

I know I can get wrapped up in what is happening in Washington, D.C., as well as Springfield, Illinois, to the point that I growl/groan watching the news. When I reflect, instead, on what my favorite domestic empress has done in sharing her faith in Christ Jesus, our Lord, raising our kids and managing our household, I cannot imagine how I could have been any better blessed. God bless your household as you serve our crucified and risen Lord Jesus.