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We received a number of comments suggesting even more ideas on how to fill your home with Scripture. Thank you! It sure was a blessing to read through them, and I came away with new inspiration that I can’t wait to put to use! Here are a few highlights:

From Joanne:

We like to ‘write’ verses onto our own digital photos that we have enlarged and then frame them. One that we have on top of a bookcase is a picture of a mountain that could be seen from my parents back porch. We used Psalm 121:1 – 2. It has become a reminder not only of where our help comes from, but of the lovely vacation we spent with my family four and a half years ago. And yes, I know those verses by heart and it wasn’t painful trying to learn them!

From Infinity Goods:

We have bibles and art books with psalms in every room. Some rooms have several! Joanne’s comment is great too. For samples of what she is talking about, you can visit Amydeanne’s “Word Filled Wednesdays” at http://the160acrewoods.wordpress.com/word-filled-wednesdays/. I’ve just joined them too and I’ll be printing some of my favorites on photo paper, adding mats and framing them.

From Cindy:

In a recent newsletter from Nancy Campbell (Above Rubies) she talked about all the ways she spent time with the Lord, even in the midst of many little ones. She used a book holder (a stand-up one, like you would use for a recipe book) and put her Bible in it, up over her kitchen sink (since she spent lots of time there doing dishes). Personally, I have little girls who do most of the dishes, so I was thinking of finding a little book stand and just putting my Bible out on the kitchen counter!

Wonderful ideas! If you are at a loss for Scripture verses to use, here are a few that we’ve put around our home:

Isaiah 40:29 – “He giveth power to the faint; and to them that have no might He increaseth strength.”

John 7:38 – “He who believes in Me, as the Scripture has said, out of his heart will flow rivers of living water.”

Matthew 11:28 – “Come to Me, all you who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest… For My yoke is easy and My burden is light.”

Psalm 42:8 – “The LORD will command His lovingkindness in the daytime, and His song will be with me in the night, a prayer to the God of my life.”

Psalm 36:9 – “For with You is the fountain of life; In Your light we see light.”

Psalm 46:10 – “Be still, and know that I am God”

Isaiah 41:10 – “Fear thou not; for I am with thee: be not dismayed; for I am thy God: I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness.”

Matthew 7:24 – “Therefore everyone who hears these words of Mine and acts on them, may be compared to a wise man who built his house on the rock.”

Being new at couponing, I often wonder if it’s worth all of the effort when I can just go to Aldi and get the best prices in town. Well, don’t be caught in the “couponing blues”…it is worth the effort!

Case in point…

This week I found some cheese on sale (B1G1 Free) at a store that doubles coupons. Well, after doubling the coupons and getting the B1G1 free sale, the price of the cheese was $1.37 a bag – Aldi’s price is $3.49 per bag. That’s a $2.12 difference!

Unfortunately, the only way to know if you’re getting a good deal on sale is to know what Aldi prices are! Well, I just so happened to run across an Aldi price list that someone posted online. Yipee!

You’ll probably want to start a price list of your own from your local Aldi (since prices vary), but here is a jump start!

Enjoy!

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It’s been so cold outside still, I haven’t been able to use my clothes line for hang drying my cloth diapers and covers. I can toss my diapers in the dryer, but the vinyl diaper covers need to be hung. For a while I had diaper covers hanging all over my house, anywhere I could find to drape them… over door knobs, cabinet handles, clinging to the blinds. Until one day I had an “Ah ha!” moment:

Hang them on the shower curtain with clothes pins!!

So, this has been working very well for me. You probably laugh at how simple this idea is, but hey, it works for me!! Maybe it will work for you too!

Here’s my menu for the week. It’s so nice now that the baby is 1 yr. old, and can eat pretty much whatever we are having (in some form or another). He’s a good eater, and enjoying table food!!

• Breakfast

Cereal and Oranges
Egg Burritos
English Muffins
Blueberry Waffles
Oatmeal
Breakfast Smoothie
Cinnamon Biscuit Blossoms

• Lunch

Grilled P.B. & Banana, Carrot sticks
Popcorn Shrimp, Squash, Apples
Grilled Cheese and Hearty Tomato Soup
Keilbasa and Mac ‘n Cheese
Hot Dogs, Baked Beans, and Bread
Chicken Nuggets, Peas, and Applesauce
Turkey Wrap and Fruit Salad

• Dinner:

Beef and Bean Burritos, and Avocados
Paprika Chicken w/ Sour Cream Gravy (still haven’t made this yet!!)
Chicken Stir Fry
Taco Salad
Spaghetti and Meatballs
Scalloped Potatoes and Ham
Leftovers

• Snacks:

Pears
Apples
Bananas
Grapes
Veggies and dip
Cheese Nips
Baked Fruit Crisps
Organic Bunny Grahams
Yogurt
Applesauce

• Drinks:

Milk
Apple Juice
Water
Orange Juice
Sweet Tea
Hot Tea
Chocolate Milk (for you hubby)

“The minimization of the homemaker’s role has been a priority of the feminist movement for decades…Hollywood would like for us to believe that a woman who stays home serving her husband and children is not joyful and content, but desperate…”

My generation is a generation of women who have been inculcated with the feminist agenda for almost five decades. We no longer have a clear picture of what a “homemaker” truly is (or is meant to be). Granted, many of us have the idea that 1.) she stays home, 2.) she takes care of her children, 3.) she provides meals and keeps her home clean, etc, but sadly, many young women do not have a living example of what an efficient, innovative, capable homemaker looks like, leaving us at a loss for practical footsteps to follow. I just read a quote of a young lady who said, “I am only 26, so I don’t really know what it was like to have mothers stay at home as the norm” [emphasis mine].

A little over a week ago, I was on the phone with my sister bemoaning the fact that I wish I had some sort of a manual…book…anything to tell me exactly how I should be carrying out my role as a homemaker.

Thankfully, about two days after speaking with my sister, the Lord crossed my path with this book…Passionate Housewives Desperate for God.

In response to the increasing requests from my generation for help, Jennie Chancey and Stacy McDonald spend a good portion of this book shedding light on the destructive confusion that the feminist movement has introduced into the family unit and, ultimately, into our culture and paint a beautiful picture of what Scripture says about God’s design for women.

Here are a few quotes from the book:

Feminism

“Our culture now glorifies the “have-it-all” woman: you know, the one with the ultra-slim figure, power suit, perfect hair, successful career, beautiful home, and, on top of it all, the adoring husband and two perfect children. Problem is, that woman doesn’t really exist”

“One of the strange ironies of feminism is that it isn’t feminine. For several generations, women have been told they have to be more like men, adopting male occupations, mannerisms, and clothing…while women have pursued masculine traits, men have faced pressure to soften their maleness and adopt feminine traits.”

A Woman’s Calling

“Home is too important to be left to itself; it is something precious to be tended, cared for, kept, and yes, guarded. God has given women a sphere that is naturally and wonderfully their own to manage and wisely govern.”

“Even those of us moms who have chosen to go against the grain can still be filled by feminism’s lies. We can be lured by the insidious notion that being separated from our home and little ones is a good thing…”

“When we recognize and fully embrace our calling, we are finally free to truly enjoy it; we’re able to experience contentment in the uniqueness of our role and achieve overwhelming victory in our homes and lives!”

“The text of Scripture is straightforward and unequivocal: a woman’s duties are to be home-centered….As families shrink…we also see the breakdown of the family and the disintegration of the God-ordered home – yet too often we don’t see the connection…her ministry is her family…being a keeper at home is a holy mission….women are to passionately undertake it.”

Jennie Chancey and Stacy McDonald also provide practical and inspiring insights into topics such as daily quiet time for busy moms, praying in “prayer droplets”, help for sleep deprived mothers, self-inflicted “busy-ness”, pride, perfectionism, comparing oneself to others, humility in relationships with other women, older women teaching younger women, powerfully supporting our husbands, what a keeper of the home looks like, and many other helpful tips.

I walked away after finishing this book feeling inspired, refreshed and with a renewed zeal to pour myself, with all of the fervor that I can muster, into the incredible role that God has ordained for me. May His name be glorified and His gospel furthered by my role in the home as homemaker!

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