Making Your Home Sing

Making Your Home Sing - Being Real

One of the highlights of Mondays for me is sharing on here ideas to "Make Your Home Sing". For me it is always exciting to embrace a new week filled with new plans and this discussion helps get me motivated to put those plans into action and remember how important the home is.

This morning Moms the Word shared about "Permission To Fail". Probably every mother has been where purposes and plans start off strong, but end up losing luster. By the end of the week, the goals for an organized, happy, fun-filled, clean home somehow end up with a messy house, laundry overload, tired, grumpy parents and some take out dinner. The realization that we are not Superwoman has hit long ago. We are not perfect and we don't have perfect homes.

But we are created in the image of God and He has given us the exact sphere of ministry He has chosen for us. He has gifted us uniquely and put talents and interests in us to make us fruitful and able to flourish. He has equipped us with everything we need.

A verse I read this morning fit beautifully:

Psalms 37:4-5 "Delight yourself also in the LORD, and He shall give you the desires of your heart. Commit your way to the LORD, Trust also in Him, and He shall bring it to pass."

So my plan this week for my home is to delight myself in the Lord, be mindful to thank Him for my home, the place He would have me serve Him and trust Him to fulfill what I need to in my life and home.

Top 10 Workout DVDs

Prevention Magazine is a leader in health and fitness news and products. They recently came up with the top 10 list of workout DVDs. They have examined the many fitness DVDs out there and narrowed down a list of the best ones. There is a DVD for every fitness level. If you are looking to incorporate some exercise into your day in the convenience of your own home, take a look at this list. Here is an additional money saving tip: If you see a DVD that you are interested in, check out Amazon or Ebay before ordering. Many times they have pre-owned DVDs at a fraction of the cost of a new one.

Sometimes We Score, Sometimes We Block

Our family is in the midst of little league soccer season. My youngest son is playing and his enthusiasm is contagious. He is pretty good at the sport, but what makes it so great is that he loves it! He counts the days until the next game or practice. He loves his coach and teammates. He has moved up an age level this year and the players are working more like team, passing to each other and watching out for each other during play. During the last game, my son scored two goals, they were the only goals of the game. In today's game the team scored eight goals. My son came up afterwards to me and said, "I didn't score today, but I blocked". What a powerful truth those words can hold. In life, sometimes we score, sometimes we block. Sometimes we do great things, we excel, we achieve, we meet our goal - we score! There are also times we see the needs of others, sometimes they are sad or hurting, we block their hits. We look out for them so they can score. We...

Word Filled Wednesday – Act Justly

He has shown you, O man, what is good; And what does the LORD require of you But to do justly, To love mercy, And to walk humbly with your God? Micah 6:8 Sometimes we struggle so hard with the question “What does God want us to do and be?” This verse is a simple yet powerful reminder of some simple things that God requires of us. Act and do justly, love mercy and walk humbly before God. There are numerous opportunities each day to do justly, to do the right thing or to make the right choice. We love mercy when we show kindness or mercy oftentimes to those who do not deserve it. Walking humbly before God is acknowledging He alone is God. He is the I AM – no one else is. When we give Him the glory He is worthy of, it will humble our heart before Him....

Joyfull Living

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