There’s nothing like having a baby to show you how fleeting time is. In what feels like three seconds your darling infant becomes a sweet little boy who is learning to read and picking you vases of flowers.
Watching kids grow up at lightning speed really brings Ephesians 5:15-16 to life.
"Look carefully then how you walk, not as unwise but as wise, making the best use of the time because the days are evil."
As Peter admonishes, we ought to prepare our minds for action and be sober-minded!
But sometimes, when it's rainy and cold outside, and everyone is fighting and coloring on the wall --time stands still.
Nine times out of ten, days that I tumble into without intentionality, prayer, and planning feel more like chaotic, cranky, messy disaster zones that I am desperate to get out of rather than orderly, productive, creative days filled with adventures, joyful memories, and snuggles.
It’s almost like the natural bent of this sinful world is towards destruction and decay and if I’m not proactive about it, my day is not going to be used well.
As D.A. Carson has said, “we don’t drift towards holiness.” Delighting in the Lord, enjoying our kids, and creating an atmosphere of belonging and becoming in our homes don’t just happen. It takes a lot of thought and intentionality.
Join me for a conversation with Chelsea Svendsen, homeschool mom to four and owner of the interior design and home inspiration Instagram account Life in the Little Yellow House, and hearing from half a dozen other seasoned moms about routines, habits, and rhythms that can help make our homes sing and motherhood a joy.
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Books referenced in this podcast:
Life Giving Home
Habits of the Household
Links to Seed Catalogs:
https://www.rareseeds.com/requestcat/catalog
https://www.almanac.com/content/garden-seed-catalogs-mail
