Houses filled with love have elastic walls. Practicing hospitality can be a daunting task. One of my biggest temptations in practicing hospitality is to focus on the ideal and pursue that. The food should be of this variety and arranged a certain way. The house should be clean, mopped, dusted, and vacuumed. The trap set… Continue reading The Heart of a Single Woman’s Home: Hospitality in the Home (blog series part 4 of 8)
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The Heart of a Single Woman’s Home: Time and Money (blog series part 3 of 8)
For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also. Matthew 6:21 There can be temptation to be selfish in how I decide to spend my time and money. I don't know whether or not this temptation is stronger for me because I am single. I am pretty sure, however, that I have less… Continue reading The Heart of a Single Woman’s Home: Time and Money (blog series part 3 of 8)
The Heart of a Single Woman’s Home: Lies and the Truth (blog series part 2 of 8)
As I mentioned in the introduction post (read here) of this series on the heart of a single woman’s home, several lies about myself as a woman and as a homemaker wreaked havoc on my heart. These lies still tend to rear their ugly heads now and again, but by the grace of God, I… Continue reading The Heart of a Single Woman’s Home: Lies and the Truth (blog series part 2 of 8)
Blog Series- The Heart of the Single Woman’s Home: Introduction (part 1 of 8)
I had the opportunity last Saturday to share some of my testimony at my church’s women’s conference. The topic of the conference was the heart of homemaking, so my topic was the heart of a single woman’s homemaking. Preparing for the talk was a wonderful process of remember the past faithfulness of God and again… Continue reading Blog Series- The Heart of the Single Woman’s Home: Introduction (part 1 of 8)
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