So as I sit here typing I'm listening to the hysteria of highschool boys in my front yard. I have to laugh at all the comings and goings in this home. Just in one weekend our home has hosted many exciting and memorable events. We had a cooking marathon in the kitchen, a sister sleepover, a shower honoring my sweet bride-to-be sister, and an end-of-the-school-year game night with the highschool boys.
My sisters came over Friday night to cook and clean for Bekah's shower on Saturday. After a night full of baking desserts we finally just relaxed and spent time together. Saturday morning was filled with last minute decorations, finishing touches to desserts, and spot cleaning. The shower was a success, but more than anything it was so fun to shower my sister with new things to start her marriage. I remember it being such an exciting time during the stressful process of planning a wedding and I wanted my sweet sister to have a moment for herself because she is so deserving to be celebrated. Then it was back to more cleaning and a much needed run with the hubs. And now I sit here listening to yet another wonderful moment happening in my home 100 tacos later and cooking flour all over my carpets. :)
I remember when Jacob and I were first looking for a home I had three hopes for the place we would start our family of 2. First, I wanted my home to be a blessing to the Lord and used to benefit His kingdom. Second, I wanted two living rooms for our youth kids...one for the girls and the other for the boys. Third, I wanted a big closet :) I have both the closet and the living rooms, but I still constantly strive to daily offer my home to the Lord. It's moments like these though that I know God's hand is on our home. It may seem silly bc it's just a home, but to both Jacob and I it really belongs to the Lord as do all earthly blessings He gives us. Our money, our objects, our home, and our very beings belong to Him.
I remember when Jacob and I were first looking for a home I had three hopes for the place we would start our family of 2. First, I wanted my home to be a blessing to the Lord and used to benefit His kingdom. Second, I wanted two living rooms for our youth kids...one for the girls and the other for the boys. Third, I wanted a big closet :) I have both the closet and the living rooms, but I still constantly strive to daily offer my home to the Lord. It's moments like these though that I know God's hand is on our home. It may seem silly bc it's just a home, but to both Jacob and I it really belongs to the Lord as do all earthly blessings He gives us. Our money, our objects, our home, and our very beings belong to Him.
Psalm 24:1-2 says, "The earth is the Lord's, and everything in it, the world, and all who live in it; for He founded it..."
It's a struggle sometimes for me to not get caught up in earthly things, so it still continues to be my prayer that God will use everything we have for His glory bc it's really not ours in the first place. I pray that our home will be a refuge for teens that are struggling with all the sad stuff going on in their own homes; that it will be a place of joy and innocent fun to block out, even for a moments time, the world and its pressures; and most importantly that it will be a home that honors Christ!
I sit here now thinking of the horrible mess I have to yet again clean in my home...the broken ice chest in my front yard, the dirty boy clothes strewn from the front door to the back, the taco meat that has fallen all over the floor, the muddy footprints everywhere, the sticky soda on my kitchen tile, and the flour that is still settling from being tossed around in the air...and I feel so blessed!!!
Ezekiel 34:26-27 says, "I will bless them...I will send down showers in season; there will be showers of blessing. The trees of the field will yield their fruit and the ground will yield its crops; the people will be secure in their land. They will know that I am the Lord."
He answers my prayers; He blesses my life; He provides for all our needs; He watches over our home; and He daily proves Himself faithful and constant...
I sit here now thinking of the horrible mess I have to yet again clean in my home...the broken ice chest in my front yard, the dirty boy clothes strewn from the front door to the back, the taco meat that has fallen all over the floor, the muddy footprints everywhere, the sticky soda on my kitchen tile, and the flour that is still settling from being tossed around in the air...and I feel so blessed!!!
Ezekiel 34:26-27 says, "I will bless them...I will send down showers in season; there will be showers of blessing. The trees of the field will yield their fruit and the ground will yield its crops; the people will be secure in their land. They will know that I am the Lord."
He answers my prayers; He blesses my life; He provides for all our needs; He watches over our home; and He daily proves Himself faithful and constant...
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