"Who can find a virtuous woman?for her price is far above rubies...She looketh well to the ways of her household,and eateth not the bread of idleness."Proverbs 31:10 & 27 I’ve been noticing recently how everything just stops when I plop down. When I quit, production quits. When I take a breather, the tasks pile up. When I stop vacuuming, the floors get dirtier. When I stop dusting, the ...
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Combining a Housekeeping Day with Purposeful Praying
“Pray without ceasing.”1 Thessalonians 5:17 I just found myself with a home needing housekeeping and my heart needing purposeful praying. That’s when it came to me. A good solution might be to combine both needs this week. I know we’re instructed in Scripture to “Pray without ceasing.” and I try to pray often each day. However, with all that is going on around the world, at home and abroad, I’m ...
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Examining God’s Word “See then that ye walk circumspectly,not as fools, but as wise,Redeeming the time,because the days are evil.Wherefore be ye not unwise, but understanding what the will of the Lord is.”Ephesians 5:15-17 Evaluating Our Garden Our homes, the places where we spend time and savor life can also be the places where we slack off, waste energy, or lose direction, our ...
Continue ReadingAcknowledging & Applying God’s Gifts to Our Homemaking
Examining Scripture: “Having then gifts differingaccording to the grace that is given to us,whether prophecy, let us prophesyaccording to the proportion of faith;Or ministry, let us wait on our ministering:or he that teacheth, on teaching;Or he that exhorteth, on exhortation:he that giveth, let him do it with simplicity;he that ruleth, with diligence,he that sheweth mercy, with ...
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“That ye might walk worthy of the Lord unto all pleasing, being fruitful in every good work, and increasing in the knowledge of God;" Colossians 1:10 It’s easy for me to say, “I love school time.” I don’t have children to get ready for school and am not attending myself. However, let me clarify my statement, I love the school season with the fresh start, excitement and routine it brings. (I’ve ...
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