Changing Diapers and Doing Dishes

I suppose I've been told all my life that being a homemaker is a valuable thing.  I must admit, though, that there have been times when it was hard for me to catch a vision of it.  Of course, there were the 'more spiritual' things I could be doing if it didn't take so much time to keep these kids dressed, cleaned and fed...not to mention the house cleaned and organized.  Then there were the more financially rewarding things I could have been doing to make our lives more comfortable.  

In some ways, I'm in that stage again of the home and children taking most of my time.  It occurred to me today that it really is God's plan for domestic duties to take time!  God would have been perfectly able to cause human children to be born able to take care of themselves within a short time as many animals are able to do.  God could have caused our bodies to only need to eat once a week rather than several times a day!  Think about how much more time we would have for 'spiritual' things if He had done so!! :-)  Awww...aren't we so wise?  Do we know better than God?  He has ordained and organized for the nurturing and domestic duties to be time consuming...perhaps why He mentioned in His Word that women are to be 'keepers at home'.  

Now, I'm not suggesting that women shouldn't have any outreach in their lives.  I actually believe they should!  I am only addressing our attitude toward our family and homes and I am justifying the value of investing in these things!