Sane, Simple, Sacred: Working Wonders!

Working Wonders!

See the wall-papered rooms up close here!
My Man, His Projects, My Pleasure.
"Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her..." (Ephesians 5:25 and following)
Every day, in big ways and small, my husband loves me and gives himself up for me.

9 comments:

AndreaJanuary 22, 2010 at 9:58 AM
Love the new blog look.
Blessings, andrea
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EileenJanuary 22, 2010 at 1:09 PM
Beautiful!
The dollhouse and the love that built it!

You are inspiring me to get the one my husband made out of the basement for our grandkids to use!
Maybe next month if I ever get this house straightened out!

Love to you,
Eileen
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Donna's Book NookJanuary 22, 2010 at 3:36 PM
Your hubby is doing a great job! He certainly does invest lots of love and time in his projects. I also really like your new blog look!
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DeeJanuary 22, 2010 at 6:36 PM
The house is adorable. I am looking forward to seeing how you decorate it. I also think your tin from your thrift shopping is a real gem.
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DeniseJanuary 22, 2010 at 7:35 PM
I love that.
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PattyJanuary 22, 2010 at 7:56 PM
I've enjoyed stopping by and browsing your post again. Good job on the dollhouse.

I just noticed the "Can an Old Dog Learn New Tricks?" on the sidebar. My thoughts ~ only if she wants to! I like the layered look.
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JackieJanuary 22, 2010 at 11:45 PM
Look at your new look! Fabulous!
The dollhouse is coming along so nicely.
Beautiful...(your hubby is a jewel, isn't he.)
Hugs,
Jackie
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RebeccaJanuary 23, 2010 at 6:12 AM
Jackie, Andrea & Donna---re. the "new look" on my blog. I was playing around trying to figure out how to get a different font (particularly) on my header. I didn't have a firm idea of a picture or IF a picture....Finally at late hour of night, I just put this up. Now I'm thinking, I should have at least tried for a Valentine theme so I don't have to fiddle around again! In between times, I forget how/what I did!
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elaine @ peace for the journeyJanuary 25, 2010 at 12:32 PM
My mother does doll houses, although hasn't touched it in recent days. I'd love to see the finished product!

peace~elaine
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"We simplify, not just to be less busy, even though we may be right to pursue that. Rather, we simplify to remove distractions from our pursuit of Christ. We prune activities from our lives, not only to get organized, but also that our devotion to Christ and service for His kingdom will be more fruitful. We simplify, not merely to save time, but to eliminate hindrances to the time we devote to knowing Christ. All the reasons we simplify should eventually lead us to Jesus Christ!" (Donald S. Whitney)

Dedicated to my sister-in-law, Beth--a TRUE home manager....

"I work for a King. He has put me in charge of his home. When He comes to see how I have managed His possessions and His children, I do not want to be found wanting. I want to do my best. Everything I have is on loan from Him. I have room and board and a job to do, but it is all for Him. Therefore I want to dress my best and do my best in all my work. I also want to be creative, for this is a sincere attempt to glorify Him and His beautiful creation. How I manage my home is a form of worship to Him." --Lydia Sherman

"A man should hear a little music, read a little poetry,
and see a fine picture every day of his life,
in order that worldly cares may not obliterate the sense of the beautiful which God has implanted in the human soul."

~Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Contentment makes poor men rich.

-Benjamin Franklin

"What I am gradually discovering is that in the writing I come in touch with the Spirit of God." ~ Nouwen

~~"Reading without reflecting is like eating without digesting."~~Edmund Burke

C.S. Lewis: "To trust Him means, of course, trying to do all that He says. There would be no sense in trusting a person if you wouldn't take his advice. Thus if you have really handed yourself over to Him, it must follow that you are trying to obey Him."

"To live content with small means; to seek elegance rather than luxury, and refinement rather than fashion; to be worthy, not respectable, and wealthy, not rich; to listen to stars and birds, babes and sages, with open heart; to study hard; to think quietly, act frankly, talk gently, await occasions, hurry never; in a word, to let the spiritual, unbidden and unconscious, grow up through the common--this is my symphony." William Henry Channing

“Finish each day and be done with it. You have done what you could. Some blunders and absurdities no doubt crept in; forget them as soon as you can. Tomorrow is a new day; begin it well and serenely and with too high a spirit to be encumbered with your old nonsense.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson

The Apostle Paul: "But one thing I do: Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead, I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus." (Philippians 3:13-14)

"It's a good thing to have all the props pulled out from under us occasionally. It gives us some sense of what is rock under our feet, and what is sand. It stops us from taking anything for granted. It has also taught me alot about living in the immediate moment. I am somehow managing to live one day, one hour at a time." Madeleine L'Engle

FIVE CERTAINTIES
WITH WHICH TO
START YOUR DAY

God holds you. Each day he carries us in his arms. Psalm 68:19 NLT
God sustains you. THE LORD is my Shepherd [to feed, guide, and shield me], I shall not lack. Psalm 23:1 AMP
God covers you. He will cover you with His pinions, and under His wings shall you trust. Psalm 91:4 AMP
God pours His love upon you. Through each day the Lord pours his unfailing love upon me. Psalm 42:8 NLT
God will not fail you. The unfailing love of the Lord never ends! Lamentations 3:22 NLT

THE BLOGGER'S PRAYER Lord, help me to learn to spell without spellcheck, manage to visit all that visit me, and post regularly - all in 5 minutes a day, so that I can clean house and take care of my family. Help me to not look at every occurrence in my life as a blog post, and to quit taking pictures of weird things to share as well. Please Lord, help me to stop talking about my blog friends as though they are next door neighbors or someone I have known all of my life. And help me, dear Lord, to think of something witty and wise to post tomorrow.
Love, The Dust Bunny Hostage

Sane, Simple, Sacred

Mercy

Working Wonders!

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