Are you following along with the Create in Me a Clean Heart devotional? I just read Week Four, and it was a great reminder of how YHWH is merciful. How he is always just a heart-felt cry away, and that any time we need help he is there. The journal time found me reflecting again on priorities. Monday, June 23 2014 “I love YHWH, for he heard my voice, he… Continue Reading
Leave the Struggle in the Past -A Clean Heart Journal – Week Three
If you’re doing the Create in Me a Clean Heart Devotional for the Disorganized with me, then we’re now on week three. This week’s reading was a little difficult for me, because the context of the verse quoted for the week has to do with the Father healing the backsliding of Israel. Is it the right way to use scripture to pluck out a verse and “apply” it to a… Continue Reading
Priorities and Chaos – Clean Heart Journal – Week Two
Did you get your Create in Me a Clean Heart devotion read Sunday? I did, but am just now getting to journaling here about it! We had two Sabbaths in a row this weekend,the weekly sabbath on Saturday and Shavuot on Sunday, where we went to a gellowship celebration an hour or so away. So Monday was spent playing catch up. I’m glad I read the devotion on Sunday though…here’s… Continue Reading
Clutter Free Kids – The Heart and Home Connection
For years, I struggled with my daughter about her messy room. I felt guilty because I didn’t teach her to keep it clean. I didn’t model tidiness or organization. And it always reminded me of my own childhood years because my room was always a mess, too. It made me think of how I constantly battled those You’re Not Good Enough thoughts and didn’t feel very good about myself most of… Continue Reading
Leaning on Your Own Understanding – Clean Heart Journal – Week One
Getting a late start with the Create in Me a Clean Heart Devotional and Journal this week, but it’s never too late to start! The great thing about this is, even though it’s a 52 week devotional you can give yourself a little grace when needed. If you fall off the wagon, hop back on when you can and continue on. This journey is personal and won’t always look like… Continue Reading
Clearing out the Clutter Series – The Heart and Home Connection
Take a look around you right now. What do you see? Does it accurately reflect who you are? I mean that real person, the one at your core. Not who society or marketing firms think you should be, but who you truly are. Now, here’s the tough question…does that accurately reflect the way you were made? You know, in the image of Yahweh? We usually have no problem admitting that we… Continue Reading