Passionate Homemaking

Late rising, long to-​do lists, mul­ti­ple demands upon our time…how easy is it for us to simply jump into the day with­out meet­ing the Lord? How often does this then result in a very trying day, filled with mul­ti­ple stum­blings into sin in reac­tion to hus­band, child or other, trying to do it all on my own abil­ity, because I neglected to lay my day before the Lord…but is it really worth it? A moments rest at the foot of the cross leads to renewed strengthen and rest­ing upon the Savior. What a delight­ful day it is when first cen­tered around the Lord! Sim­pli­fies my life when I reflect upon and lay before Him the events of the day, seek­ing His face as to what is most important!

As John Blan­chard points out: “Surely we only have to be real­is­tic and honest with our­selves to know how reg­u­larly we need to turn to the Bible. How often do we face prob­lems, temp­ta­tions and pres­sure? EVERY DAY! Then how often do we need instruc­tion, guid­ance and greater encour­age­ment? EVERY DAY! To catch all these felt needs up into an even greater issue, how often do we need to see God’s face, hear his voice, feel his touch, know his power? The answer to all of these ques­tions is the same: EVERY DAY!”

As Car­olyn Mahaney says: “Meeting with God each day is a way of acknowl­edg­ing that we are totally depen­dent upon his grace.”

Simple living all starts with making our rela­tion­ship with the Lord our first pri­or­ity for the day!

Did you get some time in the Word today?