Recently, due to the threat of COVID, many people throughout the world are staying close to home.  My own children finished this last school year at home with the help of various video conferencing platforms. We even have church at home. We have family game nights and movie nights almost every day. We are becoming professionals at the cooking merit badge.  Our home has turned into our own base camp.

During the Mid 60’s, a London magazine asked its subscribers what a home is, and received over 800 answers. Out of these, seven were selected as the best. Here they are:

• Home - a world of strife shut out, a world of love shut in.

• Home - a place where the small are great, and the great are small.

• Home - The Father's Kingdom - The Mother's world - The Child’s Paradise

• Home - the place where we Grumble the most and are treated the best.

•  Home - the center of our affection, round which our hearts best wishes twine.

• Home the place where our stomachs get three squares a day and our hearts a thousand.

• The home is the place where love is shut in -  hate is shut out -  where each lives for the other and all for God. 

I once had the privilege of working for an employer that shared with me the following, “Everything that you do and every dollar that you earn should be applied to building up and protecting your own home base.” I have learned that this can involve helping your children grow, paying for their needs, paying the bills and eventually paying off the house, and having a house of refuge for when family members need help during hard times. The most important things in this world are kept within the walls of your home. Continue to do your best to practice the Scout Oath and Law within your home.