Next week we will be hosting a mission team of six college students who are graciously taking their summer to minister to church plants. They will be spending Wednesday through Saturday with us. You know what that means......gotta clean the house!
We were the recipients of a miracle from God this week! A church donated literally thousands of dollars worth of church supplies and children's material to us. So each night this week, we have been at the church attempting to organize everything. So it's been after 11 pm before we headed home each evening. By the time we get the boys to bed and ru1b a load of laundry, it's well past midnight. Last night, we managed to get in bed earlier but as soon as my eyes had drifted shut, I heard Isaac coming out of his room. I opened my eyes to find him covered head to toe in huge angry welts. Yep, he had hives. So I was up with him a little over an hour applying lavender oil to his sad angry skin, and giving him Benadryl and steroids. Moral of the story? My house is a wreck from being gone each evening. I woke up this morning wondering if we could possibly do everything we needed to do today. But after having my quiet time this morning, I determined it was time for a physical and spiritual spring cleaning of our home. How are we going to do this? Not sure ;) But I have some ideas.
As we begin in each room, I'd like to sit with the boys and talk about ways we can glorify God in that room. We'll make a list, because I do so love making lists!, then pray a prayer of blessing and dedication over that room before moving to the next. My boys are 3 and just turned 2, so they may not understand exactly what we're doing, but I want them to know that our home is a blessing from God and we desire to please Him even if we are simply scrubbing toilets.
Deuteronomy 11:19 - And you shall teach them to your children, speaking of them when you sit in your house and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you up...........and when you clean house :)
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