Today's Post from Biblical Womanhood tackles bathrooms and a verse to meditate on while making our homes a haven.
For my reading today, I am meditating on Deuteronomy 6:7. I wanted to know what and how I am supposed to teach my child the things of the Lord. Here is what I learned:
1) To " teach them diligently" means "to implant by repeated statement or admonition; teach persistently and earnestly " or "to cause to accept a belief or idea through repetition" (Webster's Dictionary). We are to repeat the words of the Lord constantly to our children, not just once a day or a week but consistently throughout our day.
2) Talking can include speaking, conversing, commanding, warning, and singing. There are so many ways we can teach our children the word, and I love that singing is included there.
Just this one verse was enough for this mother to ponder today.
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Now, on to the bathrooms.
First, I have a confession to make; I love cleaning bathrooms. I know I am probably one of only two or three out there that do but there it is. But sometimes I don't have time to do it. There are other things and people demanding my time. So to save time between major cleanings, after my morning shower, I pick up all the things on the counter that have been left out since the morning before. Then I take a wipe (I like the Clorox wipes) and wipe down the sink and toilet. Finally, I check the trash, making sure that all the trash is picked up (it doesn't always make it to the trash can) and there is no "diaper odor" trying to escape and kill the family. Now my bathroom is clean and ready for a day's use!
Blessings to you all and have a great day making your home a haven too!
Monday, June 30, 2008
Saturday, June 28, 2008
And the winner is...
Congratulations to Ehart who won the copy of The Scarlet Pimpernel!
And thank you to all of you who entered. It is always great to learn more about those who read my blog! And who knows, maybe you will win next time!
And thank you to all of you who entered. It is always great to learn more about those who read my blog! And who knows, maybe you will win next time!
Friday, June 27, 2008
Last Chance!
Today is the last day to enter to win your own copy of the Scarlet Pimpernel. Tomorrow I will announce the winner. Don't forget to check back to see if you are the lucky new owner of this classic novel!
Thursday, June 26, 2008
A Great Giveaway!!
If you have a moment, pop on over to Life is Like A Box of Chocolates...: It's My 500th Post!! to congratulate her on her 5ooth post and enter to win $5.oo Starbucks gift card and a box of chocolates! Now that celebrating in style!
(I am indebted to Lisa@Stop and Smell the Chocolates for word of this contest.)
(I am indebted to Lisa@Stop and Smell the Chocolates for word of this contest.)
Monday, June 23, 2008
Home as a Haven Monday
I came across this Making Your Home a Haven Monday today and decided that now was my time to join.
As recommended, I will start at the very beginning. My morning routine is this:
1) Get up, fed and change my daughter
2) Take a shower
3) Start a load of laundry
4) Clean up dishes (load dishwasher and hand wash what is needed)
5) Read Bible and eat breakfast (feed body and soul all at once)
This way I have a good start on my daily chores. The hardest part for me is getting up in the first place. Once I'm awake, I'm usually okay, unless I have had a particularly late night or something, which is probably why God gave me a beautiful daughter with such a sunny smile so early in the morning.
Now, on with the challenge...
First, Refresh Your Spirit (5 minutes)
I read Philemon this morning. I haven't read it in a while. I love reading through Paul's letters and seeing the names he mentions. Each one represents a person with a life story, even if all they have in the Bible is a greeting from Paul. One of my favorite names is Apphia. The only time she is mentioned in the Bible is in Philemon 2, "And to our beloved Apphia". She is the Lord's beloved. She is dear to Him and He knows her story, from beginning to end. And I love the meaning too, "fruitful". She was fruitful for the service of the Lord. Oh, that He will make me fruitful in His service too!
Some people speculate that she was the wife of Philemon, and maybe she was, but God loved her even if no one else ever did. And I love that.
Second, Take Time to Plan (5 minutes)
My to-do list for the day is as follows:
1) Wash 3 more loads of laundry
2) Write a grocery list for tomorrow
3) Unpack more books
4) Make dinner
5) Fold laundry and put it away before Baby's bed time.
6) Organize the laundry area
As for what I am making for dinner... I'm thinking Hamburger Stroganoff and peas sounds yummy!
Third, Do Something! (15 minutes or so)
Today's challenge is to clean up the laundry room. Since I haven't done that yet, I think I will take that challenge. I will post pictures later so y'all can see the transformation! Once that is done, maybe laundry won't be such a chore!
Here is the laundry before:
And after:
While I was at it, I clean the adjoining bathroom too. Before:
And after:
Blessings, dear ladies!
As recommended, I will start at the very beginning. My morning routine is this:
1) Get up, fed and change my daughter
2) Take a shower
3) Start a load of laundry
4) Clean up dishes (load dishwasher and hand wash what is needed)
5) Read Bible and eat breakfast (feed body and soul all at once)
This way I have a good start on my daily chores. The hardest part for me is getting up in the first place. Once I'm awake, I'm usually okay, unless I have had a particularly late night or something, which is probably why God gave me a beautiful daughter with such a sunny smile so early in the morning.
Now, on with the challenge...
First, Refresh Your Spirit (5 minutes)
I read Philemon this morning. I haven't read it in a while. I love reading through Paul's letters and seeing the names he mentions. Each one represents a person with a life story, even if all they have in the Bible is a greeting from Paul. One of my favorite names is Apphia. The only time she is mentioned in the Bible is in Philemon 2, "And to our beloved Apphia". She is the Lord's beloved. She is dear to Him and He knows her story, from beginning to end. And I love the meaning too, "fruitful". She was fruitful for the service of the Lord. Oh, that He will make me fruitful in His service too!
Some people speculate that she was the wife of Philemon, and maybe she was, but God loved her even if no one else ever did. And I love that.
Second, Take Time to Plan (5 minutes)
My to-do list for the day is as follows:
1) Wash 3 more loads of laundry
2) Write a grocery list for tomorrow
3) Unpack more books
4) Make dinner
5) Fold laundry and put it away before Baby's bed time.
6) Organize the laundry area
As for what I am making for dinner... I'm thinking Hamburger Stroganoff and peas sounds yummy!
Third, Do Something! (15 minutes or so)
Today's challenge is to clean up the laundry room. Since I haven't done that yet, I think I will take that challenge. I will post pictures later so y'all can see the transformation! Once that is done, maybe laundry won't be such a chore!
Here is the laundry before:
And after:
While I was at it, I clean the adjoining bathroom too. Before:
And after:
Blessings, dear ladies!
Wednesday, June 18, 2008
A Contest of My Own...
Oh, okay, so I am being optimistic and thinking that I will get more than one or two entries...but I just passed two milestones on my blog, my 50th post and 1,000 visitor and I want to celebrate! I debated long and hard about what to give away as a prize. I decided on one of my favorite books of all time, The Scarlet Pimpernel. (If you follow the link, you can read the first few pages on Google Books.) It is a beautiful hardcover edition complete with ribbon marker. I know you will love it!
Here is how the contest works...
~Leave a comment on this post, telling me something about yourself. It could be your favorite book, color, music, Bible verse, or something about your children, your husband, your home, anything that will say something about you.
~You must also leave a way for me to contact you; a blog link or email your email address to me so I will know it is you. I would hate to see you miss out just because I couldn't get in contact with you.
The drawing will be held on June 28, 2008. I will draw out a name and send off the prize to the lucky winner!
Thanks for reading!
Here is how the contest works...
~Leave a comment on this post, telling me something about yourself. It could be your favorite book, color, music, Bible verse, or something about your children, your husband, your home, anything that will say something about you.
~You must also leave a way for me to contact you; a blog link or email your email address to me so I will know it is you. I would hate to see you miss out just because I couldn't get in contact with you.
The drawing will be held on June 28, 2008. I will draw out a name and send off the prize to the lucky winner!
Thanks for reading!
Friday, June 13, 2008
Coming Soon...
There is a contest on the horizon. What would be the best prize??? Leave me a comment and let me know!
Hard Hitting Truth
This is the direction our country is headed. We are often too willing to blindly follow anyone who promises us freedom and change, whether he or she is a pastor or politician.
I found this this morning on Slice of Laodicea. To read the article in its entirety, click on the link above.
"There’s lots of dialogue going on this days. Evangelical leaders met with Barack Obama this week to dialogue some more. They haven’t figured out what aborted babies in America already know—that Obama supports the right to slaughter preborn babies in the womb and those out of the womb who manage to survive a induced labor abortion. Obama twice voted against the Born Alive Infant Protection Act in the state of Illinois. This bill was supposed to allow babies to live who managed to survive an abortion procedure, and it was introduced after nurses like Jill Stanek protested having to watch little babies die on dirty laundry carts after failed hospital abortions. Jill recalls holding one such down’s syndrome baby for 45 minutes because nobody else would hold him while he died. They had put the infant on a cart in a laundry room to die. This, Barack Obama supports and it’s on the record in the state of Illinois...
These evangelical leaders like T.D. Jakes, who said he had goosebumps when Obama got the nomination, should be forced to watch what Jill Stanek did, holding a baby that had been murdered at his mother’s request, all because he had down’s syndrome. They should have to watch the movie Hard Truth and see what America’s idolatry of choice has brought us. 50 million dead human beings and counting. The irony is, rather than stand up for human life in this election, many evangelicals (a predicted 40%) will help facilitate the election of one who has a track record on child killing that is so extreme the Washington Post even comments on it.
The worshippers of Molech used to toss their infants into the fire as a sacrifice to their god. The Lord despised these pagan practices and the murder of innocents. Today’s Americans sacrifice their children on the altar to the god of convenience. It isn’t done in public places on high altars. It is done in clinics, as a medical “procedure”, far away from the public view. The bodies of these babies are incinerated and the smoke goes up from the chimneys of these death camps daily in our country. God sees the smoke and ashes of these human sacrifices that ascends before Him and He is judging it. The blood of these babies cries out, and God hears it."
All that evil needs to prosper is for good men to do nothing. It's time to stop sitting by; it is time to stand!
I found this this morning on Slice of Laodicea. To read the article in its entirety, click on the link above.
"There’s lots of dialogue going on this days. Evangelical leaders met with Barack Obama this week to dialogue some more. They haven’t figured out what aborted babies in America already know—that Obama supports the right to slaughter preborn babies in the womb and those out of the womb who manage to survive a induced labor abortion. Obama twice voted against the Born Alive Infant Protection Act in the state of Illinois. This bill was supposed to allow babies to live who managed to survive an abortion procedure, and it was introduced after nurses like Jill Stanek protested having to watch little babies die on dirty laundry carts after failed hospital abortions. Jill recalls holding one such down’s syndrome baby for 45 minutes because nobody else would hold him while he died. They had put the infant on a cart in a laundry room to die. This, Barack Obama supports and it’s on the record in the state of Illinois...
These evangelical leaders like T.D. Jakes, who said he had goosebumps when Obama got the nomination, should be forced to watch what Jill Stanek did, holding a baby that had been murdered at his mother’s request, all because he had down’s syndrome. They should have to watch the movie Hard Truth and see what America’s idolatry of choice has brought us. 50 million dead human beings and counting. The irony is, rather than stand up for human life in this election, many evangelicals (a predicted 40%) will help facilitate the election of one who has a track record on child killing that is so extreme the Washington Post even comments on it.
The worshippers of Molech used to toss their infants into the fire as a sacrifice to their god. The Lord despised these pagan practices and the murder of innocents. Today’s Americans sacrifice their children on the altar to the god of convenience. It isn’t done in public places on high altars. It is done in clinics, as a medical “procedure”, far away from the public view. The bodies of these babies are incinerated and the smoke goes up from the chimneys of these death camps daily in our country. God sees the smoke and ashes of these human sacrifices that ascends before Him and He is judging it. The blood of these babies cries out, and God hears it."
All that evil needs to prosper is for good men to do nothing. It's time to stop sitting by; it is time to stand!
Etsy Store
Since I am so new to the blogging world and with a new baby, I don't have time to keep up on all the latest things. My mother-in-law at Domestically Inclined is hosting my crochet baby hats on her Etsy site.
Feel free to hop on over there and take a look. I can make them in any size up to 3 years old. If you like them but the colors aren't right, I can make them in any color that they make yarn in! I also have made some for infant boys in the past, same basic pattern but without the bows and flowers.
I hope you enjoy looking at them. Maybe they will give you some new ideas for yourself!
Feel free to hop on over there and take a look. I can make them in any size up to 3 years old. If you like them but the colors aren't right, I can make them in any color that they make yarn in! I also have made some for infant boys in the past, same basic pattern but without the bows and flowers.
I hope you enjoy looking at them. Maybe they will give you some new ideas for yourself!
Wednesday, June 11, 2008
Food Around the World
I am indebted again to Jessica at Making Home for this list. Click here to see what it costs for a week's worth of food around the world; every where from Germany at $500 a week to the Breidjing Camp (Sudanese refugees in Chad) at $1.23 a week for food! (Watch too, the size of the family they are feeding.)
Where do you fit in?
Where do you fit in?
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