Oh my! One girl is home with me baking today while Daddy takes the other one Christmas shopping. We are having a lovely time, but I'm constantly cracking up with all her little conversations.
"Mom, how long do we have to live in this house? Can't we just move to a trailer"
"I am so tired; I was about to fall asleep. I really needed some caffeine."
"Presleigh can't have coffee. I guess I'm just a fortunate girl!"
Purposing to treasure these times
Thursday, December 22, 2011
Thursday, December 15, 2011
A Woman of Excellence
I like that phrase "a woman of excellence". I want to be a woman of excellence.
I find my heart encouraged when I consider Ruth.
"...for all my people in the city know that you are a woman of excellence." Ruth 3:11
Wow! Would my husband, my children, my friends, say the same about me?
That's why I'm encouraged when I consider Ruth. I look at her life situation at the time Boaz makes this observation. She was not a world famous woman, she was not on a speaking tour, she did not discover a cure for some horrible disease, she was not managing her home, a home business and educating her children. So what was she doing?
She chose to follow the Lord. I can do this.
She chose to honor her parents (her mother-in-law Naomi) I can do this
She chose to care for her family (gleaning wheat) I can care for my family (meals, laundry, picking up their stuff again)
She was choosing to trust and obey. What am I choosing?
I find my heart encouraged when I consider Ruth.
"...for all my people in the city know that you are a woman of excellence." Ruth 3:11
Wow! Would my husband, my children, my friends, say the same about me?
That's why I'm encouraged when I consider Ruth. I look at her life situation at the time Boaz makes this observation. She was not a world famous woman, she was not on a speaking tour, she did not discover a cure for some horrible disease, she was not managing her home, a home business and educating her children. So what was she doing?
She chose to follow the Lord. I can do this.
She chose to honor her parents (her mother-in-law Naomi) I can do this
She chose to care for her family (gleaning wheat) I can care for my family (meals, laundry, picking up their stuff again)
She was choosing to trust and obey. What am I choosing?
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