Many of you are young mothers who one day hope to see your daughters joyfully living the life of a homemaker, even in your own home before they marry. But some of you may be apprehensively wondering, “What will that look like?” Having a visual of what your daughter could one day be doing takes [...]
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English Cottage by Cozy Tea Treasures The mission of homemaking is like a beautiful handmade afghan, in which every stitch is an important part of the whole, and where every row comes together to make the lovely finished product. Every aspect of the homemaker’s life and work within her home is so very important, and [...]
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I often times get so discouraged when I see Easter decorations. All those cute little bunnies,colored eggs,gorgeous baskets, Easter egg hunts, chocolates, jelly beans, and Peeps. Don’t get me wrong, my family and I enjoy the candy and the Easter egg hunts like everyone else, but, somehow, the real reason of Easter, the celebration of [...]
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Ever since my oldest could talk, he was sharing the gospel. It wasn’t something we taught him and I often wondered how it happened ~smiles~ but then I realized he was simply saying a handful of phrases that my husband and I constantly shared with others ourselves. Things like, “Have you ever heard of Jesus [...]
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Here at our house, we take hospitality seriously. The night of my sixteenth birthday party we stayed up on our feet till late hours, putting the finishing touches on the three birthday cakes, the well-dressed tables, the place cards, the tripled menu—everything. Everyone had an amazing time (and my feet hurt like crazy for the [...]
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Photo Credit We were the young parents of an active, 15-month-old toddler, and we were new at church. When the pastor and his wife invited us over for lunch one Sunday, we were thrilled. Little did I know that the afternoon would prove to be a stressful one for me. Their house was a lovely [...]
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Today I’d like to cover some practical areas such as what hinders us and how we can be better prepared to open our homes on a regular basis. To become good at any skill requires practice. As I said before in my previous post, I have had to grow a lot in this area and [...]
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It is good to see hospitality reviving in the church. It was widely practiced in the Old Testament, as well as the New. Many times it was unplanned such as when Abraham and Sarah unknowingly invited angels to dine with them or planned as in the case of the Shunnamite woman preparing a room for [...]
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