I thought I’d take a moment this evening to explain why I am passionate about the subject of “keeping the home.” Here is a journal entry of mine from April 29, 2004: “Last night God seemed to have impressed Titus 2 on my heart, the passage about teaching the younger women to ‘love their husbands,’ and to ‘be keepers of…
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Preparing for an Emergency When Money is Tight
Hurricane Ivan is barrelling down on us on the Gulf Coast. We expect him to start showing us what he’s made of Wednesday. Tomorrow, Tuesday, everything is shutting down as people evacuate. We think we are staying put. With no income coming in right now, it is expensive to leave and we have lived here long enough to know that…
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Hope When Life Is Hard
We are now going through a hard time with a job loss, but my heart is still overflowing with the blessings I have been given. Daily, I think back to when times were especially hard. I don’t think back for negative reasons, but because I don’t want to forget. I don’t ever want to be poor again, but I also…
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