a planted life | learning to love
I'm sitting her in my PJ's in a quiet house, waiting for my oatmeal to finish cooking. I pull up my Bible app on my phone and read the verse of the day: Blessed be the Lord, who daily bears us up; God is our salvation.- Psalm 68:19I chuckle and sigh. Daily bears us up. I... Continue Reading →
(My rockhound kids with his geode finds from Payson last weekend. More on that another post.)I'm still here. It's been a full couple of weeks. Mostly full of sickness. UGH!Tomorrow I get to teach the 3rd and 4th graders at Pathway one of my favorite sections of the Bible. The part where the lady pours... Continue Reading →
One of the advantages of school nursing is the schedule. I get to be home every evening. I never work weekends or holidays. I get two week vacations in the fall, winter and spring, and a two month break in the summer. But every time I have one of these long breaks I enjoy so... Continue Reading →
I NEED YOUR HELP!!!My husband and I have been trying to stick to a budget and over the last month we've found that we spend WAY more than we thought we did on groceries.I feel so out of ideas. I already take the weekly ads and sit down every week to plan out a weeks... Continue Reading →
The wise woman builds her house, but with her own hands the foolish one tears hers down. - Proverbs 14:1 NIVOf all the things that homemaking is, it is essentially the building up of relationships for God's glory.The relationship between a husband and wife is a model of Christ and His Bride, the Church. "For... Continue Reading →
"She seeketh wool, and flax, and worketh willingly with her hands." Proverbs 31:13 KJVWhen I think about why homemaking (remember, I'm not talking about absence from working outside the home. I'm talking about managing, serving and building relationships in your home for God's glory) is so important to me, and why I believe its such... Continue Reading →
God's word has convinced me- a woman can be a homemaker and work outside her home. Her homemaking is not dependant upon where or how she may earn money. Her homemaking is dependant upon her obedience to God in managing her home, serving in her home and building up the relationships of her home for... Continue Reading →
A couple years ago my heart was stirred to ask my husband to consider supporting me in staying home full-time. He graciously agreed to do so. During these years at home, I have experienced sweet fellowship with Christ in doing the unrecognized, unfinished, servant-like, foot-washing tasks that involve keeping up a home. I've come to... Continue Reading →
In light of the Elizabeth Elliot post, when this song came on my ipod just now as I was laundering the same clothes I've washed daily for months, I was illuminated. Putting those clothes in the washer I sang, "I will ever love and trust You Lord and in Your presence daily live." It felt... Continue Reading →
Sunday MorningSunday mornings can be a real test of a mother's sanctification, especially if her husband happens to be a pastor who leaves the house much earlier than the rest of the family. Here's how it went recently in one house (you're free to speculate on whose):"The fifteen-year-old couldn't tuck his shirt in because of... Continue Reading →
Cultivating Faithfulness 