Putting First Things First :: My Heart, Your Home

My dear, sweet home making girlfriends,

I am still processing the remarkable teaching and fellowship that I experienced 

at The Relevant Conference

this past weekend.

I want to share it all with you.

First, for those of you who blog:

I want you to know how important it is for you to blog for Christ's glory, 
if this is why you blog.

I want for you to know what a rare and valuable gift we have, the use of this internet, 

 to share with the globe our hearts and homes.

Second, for those of you who do and don't blog, 

I want you to know that your role is most precious in the sight of God.

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I love, love, love this quote 

by J.R. Miller

in his book, "Secrets of a Happy Home Life", 1894

"The woman who makes a sweet, beautiful home, filling it with love and prayer and purity, 

is doing something better than anything else her hands could find to do beneath the skies. 

A true mother (woman) is one of the holiest secrets of home happiness. 

God sends many beautiful things to this world, many noble gifts; 

but no blessing is richer than that which He bestows in a mother (woman) 

who has learned love's lessons well, 

and has realized something of the meaning of her sacred calling."

However, 

nothing we do in our house home (our physical dwelling place) will have meaning

 until out heart home is lived-in by Jesus.

He is the One who transforms the messes into methods, clutter into calmness. 

He transforms the places in our hearts to reflect His likeness: 

love, redemption, grace, peace & holiness, 

and He wants to live in and be welcome there. 

Ephesians 2:22 says so: "And because you belong to him, you too are being built together. 

You are being made into a house where God lives through his Spirit."

Interior decorating is really His specialty!

So, as Jesus transforms us on the inside, 
may our house be transformed into a home as well!