There is a lot of noise right now. I definitely don’t want to add to that. However, there have been a few voices that have managed to cut through the chatter and speak things worthy of our fierce attention. My prayer is that these encourage you as much as they have me. I’ve hesitated to share […]
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Simple Joys of 2019
1. Cooking Anyone who knows me well knows I have a somewhat rocky relationship with cooking, but over this past year what once was a dreaded chore has started to become my newest creative outlet. These few resources have been the biggest contributors to my growing comfort in the kitchen: Salt, Fat, Acid, & Heat: […]
Tried and True: Needed Reminders for the Imperfect Hostess
Chili and cornbread is my go-to meal in the fall. It’s easy, it feeds many, and most ingredients can be kept on hand in the event that you have an unexpected guest. But best of all, it’s almost impossible to mess up. This is good news for a girl like me. I’ve been known to […]
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Ever-changing statistics shared by anxious newscasters;
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Floods of free resources, curriculums, and activities we can and “should” do from home so we #dontwasteyourquarantine;
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Exhausted cries from the newly school-at-home parent, grief-filled laments from the lonely and untouched, overwhelming sighs from the recently unemployed.
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And louder than all of those voices is my own—sometimes a little anxious, at times battling overwhelm, and pretty much always exhausted.
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Something I’m rehearsing to myself right now: I will never regret just doing the next right thing with dependent faith and desperate prayers in this quarantine.
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Regardless of your quarantine remember, what the Lord speaks to you in the midst of this:
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“Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and do not lean on your own understanding” (Prov. 3:5).
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“In him we have obtained an inheritance, having been predestined according to the purpose of him who works all things according to the counsel of his will” (Ephesians 1:11).
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“The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases; his mercies never come to an end; they are new every morning; great is your faithfulness. “The Lord is my portion,” says my soul, therefore I will hope in him.” (Lamentations 3:21–24).
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To put it more eloquently than I ever could, John Piper reminded me this morning:
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“My voice is grass. God’s voice is granite. “The grass withers, and the flower falls, but the word of the Lord remains forever” (1 Pet. 1:24–25). Jesus said that God’s words in Scripture “cannot be broken” (John 10:35). What God says is “true, and righteous altogether” (Ps. 19:9). His word is, therefore, a firm foundation for life. “You have founded [your testimonies] forever” (Ps. 119:152). Listening to God, and believing him, is like building your house on a rock, not on sand (Matt. 7:24).”
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So this is me, doing this next right thing: wrangling a squirmy baby into yet another bath and blasting worship music just to give him something to do. 🤷🏻♀️ My kids are going to be so squeaky clean by the end of this quarantine.](http://homegoing.blog/wp-content/plugins/instagram-feed/img/placeholder.png)