24.04.08
Colossians (15): Household Holiness - Colossians 3:18-4:1
“If you sleep on it, make it up; if you step on it, wipe it up; if you wear it, hang it up; if you drop it, pick it up; if you eat out of it, wash it up; if it rings, answer it; if it howls, feed it.” So says a set of house rules I saw advertised on the internet. We all have our house rules – all the way from ‘mum does it all’ to ‘children do it all’. After all, most of life is lived in the house and if the house isn’t well-ordered, life falls apart. Our first memories are probably of our life in our parental homes – perhaps in front of a fire or playing in the garden. Up until fairly recently, most people also died at home. Life is lived in the home.