“Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a right spirit within me.” Psalm 51:10 ESV I’m sitting here thinking about homemaking and how caring for a home is like caring for our bodies and relationship with God. It’s something we have to practice everyday but if we neglect it it becomes stale
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The rain stopped, the clouds cleared, and the blue sky made its appearance as me and Sasha started our way down the muddy driveway. As Sasha walked past the mud puddles in the road I couldn’t help but notice her reflection. I grabbed my phone and started taking pictures hoping to get the perfect shot
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A low buzzing sound was coming from the light turned on above the stove and the refrigerator started humming as the compressor turned on inside. The dryer loudly tumbled the bath towels and the washer started its spin cycle washing blankets and throwing it off balance. The ceiling fan, air purifier, and countless other things
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I remember waking up to the smell of turkey in the oven and greenbeans boiling on the wood stove. The house was spotless and decorated in the fall colors my mom loved. It was one of her favorite times of the year when she could cook for the whole family and have us all gather
Our Eternal Thanksgiving Read Post »
We think about Friday being the end of the week and beginning of the weekend. The day after Thanksgiving when we can get the best deals on TV’s and vacuum cleaners. The day we’ve looked forward to since Monday started so we can kick back and relax. As I sit on my porch and think
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Why does God make us wait for things? Have you ever wanted something so badly that it almost physically hurt to think about? I was reading the first chapter in Deuteronomy where Moses is speaking to the Israelites after wandering around the desert for 40 years. An 11 day journey turned into 40 years because
Standing in Your Own Way Read Post »
It was December 2012 when me and David were getting ready to spend our first Christmas together in our own home as husband and wife. We got our first Christmas tree and other decorations for the house but something was missing. I told my Mom and Dad that I didn’t have a nativity set to
The Broken Snow Globe Read Post »
“But now, O Lord, you are our Father; we are the clay, and you are our potter; we are all the work of your hand.”Isaiah 64:8 ESV As a child I remember watching Bob Ross on the big television my parents had in their living room. I remember watching him turn a blank canvas into
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“The eye is the lamp of the body. So, if your eye is healthy, your whole body will be full of light, but if your eye is bad, your whole body will be full of darkness. If then the light in you is darkness, how great is the darkness!”Matthew 6:22-23 ESV It was like any
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I found myself sitting in the grass on a hill overlooking a sea of different shades of green throughout the fields and trees. I was watching the sunlight change through the leaves as the wind softly blew them back and forth changing the pattern of the shadows on the ground. On the outside it was
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