Category: This and That

Heavenly Hospitality Part 1

I am excited to share with you my first contribution to The Young Wife’s Guide. This is a website that encourages young wives in spiritual and practical ways on how to be a better wife, mother, and woman. Lord willing, I will be contributing once a month on their blog on different topics.

So go take a look at how you can learn about Heavenly Hospitality from God and His hospitality to His home, heaven.

Heavenly Hospitality Pt 1

If you would like to learn more about Gospel Centered Homemaking then please visit The Young Wife’s Guide. I love her section about 5 Days of Glorifying God in Your Homemaking, it has many articles and links where you can learn more about setting the atmosphere of your home, taking charge of your family’s health, managing your home, and managing your family’s stress.

This is an exciting day for me to get some new exposure and to share not only more about The Ministry Mama and minister hopefully to more ministry women, but to share more about God’s Word and His teaching from the Bible. Thank you for joining me today for my new adventure!

Dust If You Must!

Summer is crazy sometimes more than the regular months of the year. We should always be using our days off to sit down and unwind and take the opportunity to actually look at our spouse and kids in the face and share some special conversations and time with them. I saw the poem on another blog about a month ago and wanted to share it with you all.

Dust If You Must

Dust if you must.
But wouldn’t it be better,
To paint a picture, or write a letter,
Bake a cake, or plant a seed?
Ponder the difference between want and need.

Dust if you must.
But there is not much time
With rivers to swim and mountains to climb!
Music to hear, and books to read,
Friends to cherish and life to lead.

Dust if you must.
But the world’s out there
With the sun in your eyes,
the wind in your hair,
A flutter of snow, a shower of rain.
This day will not come round again.

Dust if you must.
But bear in mind,
Old age will come and it’s not kind.
And when you go, and go you must,
You, yourself, will make more dust.

– – – written by Mrs. Rose Milligan

Make plans to rest and put aside even the work of the ministry sometimes so that you can enjoy the world and people God placed in your lives. Stop and smell the roses, stop and read your Bible a little bit longer than usual, stop and make that phone call you’ve been putting off. Then you can get back to dusting, ministry, and the busy things!

Dear Children Series: Letters From Mama Vol. 3

Love Letters Vol 3

My Children,

It breaks my heart to see sin in your lives that hurts you. I asked myself today “how many times can my heart break for my child and the wrong choices they are making?” I am afraid the answer is, “too many.”

God hurts too when sin hurts us and when we choose wrong things instead of right and holy things. I hate that my own sin breaks God’s heart, so to speak.

Why does sin have to be in this world tempting each and every one of us? I look forward to a sinless life in eternity.

I pray God will help you with temptation, that you will always run and turn to Him for help so you don’t sin.

A good quote is:

Christians are not sinless (without sin) but they should sin less and less.

You will all fall into making wrong and sinful choices but I pray that you will get up and confess to God and keep trying to live righteously and godly in this present world. The Bible says that a righteous man falleth but rises up again and again.

The only good that can ever be in our hearts and lives comes from the Lord. It does not come from ourselves. (Ephesians 2:8,9)

I have hope thought that you will love the Lord and want to please Him more than anyone else in your life.

Hugs to you!

Love,                                                                                                                                 Mama

My darling children,

The Bible says that godliness with contentment is great gain. I don’t know that either are obtained without great attention given to them.

Contentment requires a lot of self-denial and the decision that you don’t have to have more but you can settle with and most assuredly be happy with what has already been provided for you. Contentment doesn’t mean you remove dreams from your heart, but you accept God’s plans and dreams as being better than your own.

You may go through times without as much stuff but I hope you will see the blessings of what is around you. Look at nature. Look at people. Look at your daily provisions. Think of your Heavenly Father’s many thoughts of you a day. Children are often content when they are secure in their parent’s care and love. Be content in God’s care and love for you, because it is greater than Papa and I could ever love you.

Godliness, when I think of it, is Moses’ bright shining face when he came off the mountain after spending time with God. His face shone and he had a strong conviction to then and do right as a result his frustration over the children of Israel with the golden calf. his view of sin changed Moses also followed God each day by the cloud and in the night by the pillar of fire. The rod was also a symbol of God’s plan for Moses’ life and it was there with him daily. Moses failed because of his anger but God did not cast him aside – He did have to accept the consequences of his sin it didn’t mean his relationship with God was severed and he was left to rough it. Moses accepted God’s choices.

Make God’s choices yours. His priorities yours, and His loves your desires.

Combine the godliness with the contentment and great gain is sure to be in your midst, whether you have something or not.

Love,                                                                                                                                Mama