"your home will feel happy as a result of the heart of the one who tends to it."

Carelessly played around with my camera alone at home a few months ago & just now looking at the pics! I felt compelled to make a post💜
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I feel like this is the perfect time to share a bit of my story and where I am at in life right now… 🫶🏻
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So currently I am living the blessing of being a SAHW! (stay at home wifey) & I constantly am filled with gratitude not only to God but to my amazing hubby who selflessly and consistently provides for us! I have to be honest this is a season I have prayed about for a long time and I am reminded of that & filled with praise daily.
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It definitely has given me so much time to grow in my relationship with Christ and learn and absorb scripture. I want to preface this message by saying: I truly believe everyone (specifically women) has a purpose, calling, and is given gifts (both spiritual and personal). I think it’s important to acknowledge that there are many paths of life and if you are doing it to the glory of God THAT is what’s important!
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However, for me PERSONALLY, at least for right now, this season and role that I’m in has fed my soul and I have experienced a lot of spiritual growth and perspective change. I do have @purejoyco.llc which is still such a passion of mine but outside of that my priority and where I find great responsibility is our home. I keep it clean for us, I cook (not everyday but I do!), I decorate, I pray over it, I praise the Lord in it, I read my Bible the most in it, I edit photos in it, I love & serve my husband in it… and much much more. These four walls are so important to me and it’s not the house itself, because we’re actually about to move, but it’s more of the shelter we have in it and the home we have come together and created with one another.
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I have truly made it a point to find joy in the servitude that my role as a wife requires of me and in every act of service I want to do it ALL to the glory of God. This may sound silly but even when I’m SWEEPING I am joyful and praising God that I GET to! Laundry- to the glory of God! Mopping the walls- Thank you Jesus for the blessing of my marriage and that I am ABLE to clean this house and anoint our home in thankfulness and gratitude. Your blessings have given me a responsibility and I take that seriously and I offer it all up to you. It is such a joy for me to consciously and intentionally
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I find so much joy in offering our home & family up in prayer daily and serving my husband and our home with our little Daisy doodle. For a while I wrestled with the thought of well I’m not successful enough, I don’t have a degree, or this crazy career, but I pretty quickly realized that there is so much beauty in the role of a wife and the service staying home takes, and the amount of time staying home gives me to lean closer and closer to the creator and master of it all.
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And as a wife… It makes me happier and more joyful when Trent is home. I am so excited for him to come home and rest in the house I’ve prepared for him and share with him the prayers I’m praying over our lives, and I find joy in being selfless. I think that’s one of the biggest challenges in the time we live in is everyone seems to look for everything other people can do for them or how a relationship can benefit them or even when choosing a spouse what can they provide me…. When really the more important mindset should be what can I do for them, How can I serve the Lord in this relationship/friendship/interaction, how can I serve my spouse, WHAT CAN I DO FOR THE KINGDOM?
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At the end of the day my days are numbered, my time is limited, my blessings are not deserved, his grace is a gift, my husband works each day without complaint.
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My life means nothing if it is not lived for the Lord. MY LIFE IS ABSOLUTELY NOTHING & POINTLESS if it is not for God.
or I’ll give you one even better….
MY LIFE IS NOT EVEN MINE, BUT GOD’S🙌🏼
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Your home is the sanctuary of your family. Don’t wait for Sunday to come around to praise your Lord.
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The second you turn from complaining about the everyday things like laundry, praise Him for the BLESSING that you are clothed and you get to serve the people in your home. I promise your soul will constantly feel full, your mindset will change, you will feel the Holy Spirit constantly, your home will feel happy as a result of the heart of the one who tends to it.
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I am grateful for Pure Joy and the business I have in it and even more I am so grateful for my God and the season he has me in and overall just the life that I now live that I prayed for, for YEARS.
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God is good and I feel blessed. 🤍