Passionate Homemaking

A Quest for More: Living for some­thing bigger than you by Paul David Tripp is one book I will be refer­ring to again and again! This book thor­oughly delves into the topic of the king­dom of self vs. the king­dom of God, and searches the heart and motives that cause us to so easily lean towards the pit of the king­dom of self. How do we avoid living the day to day life in a mean­ing­less fash­ion? How do we reverse this trend and eval­u­ate all our doings by the greater eter­nal perspective?

Not only has it inspired me to truly eval­u­ate what I am really living for, but it has helped inspire me to weekly begin to probe my soul with ques­tions so I might eval­u­ate where I am at and how I can con­tinue to grow on a weekly basis. and jour­nal all that the Lord is teach­ing me. It has been a refresh­ing and chal­leng­ing practice!

“We have been chosen and called to be fol­low­ers. That means we no longer live with a master men­tal­ity. We have been bought with a price, and our lives no longer belong to us…Do you try to squeeze the call of Christ into the con­tours of your self-​designed master plan?…Try to save your life and you will lose it, but lose your life for Christ’s sake and you will find it.” ~Paul David Tripp

It’s all about laying our life and desires down at the Master’s feet and sub­mit­ting to His plan. This book will guide you to the living for the “above and more” that we were all cre­ated for.

On a more house­hold ori­ented recommendation…

Clean House, Clean Planet by Karen Logan is a very help­ful resource in learn­ing how to mix up your own nat­ural clean­ers and solu­tions for main­tain­ing your home from ingre­di­ents you have around the house. She gives good solid rea­sons for avoid­ing the toxins that are in most clean­ing sup­plies, and pro­vides simple solu­tions. I found it to be a fun read and another good resource to keep on hand!