As the new school year begins, it's essential to establish routines and rituals that provide structure and stability for your kiddos.
As the school year approaches, we face the task of preparing our homes for the inevitable rush of routines, schedules, and school supplies. An organized home can greatly contribute to a smooth transition and alleviate unnecessary stress.
What did Jesus mean by the term "peacemaker"? To define it, a peacemaker is someone who is proactively working to reconcile people with God and with each other.
Today, we're going to talk about a common phenomenon that most of us experience every week. It honestly creeps up on you and you probably don’t even realize it. By the time that this feeling reaches you, you don’t realize that it’s slowly been working its way into the front of your thoughts. In fact, you might have already had this feeling happen in the last few days.
It’s the Sunday Scaries.
As you’re watching or listening to this through your glass screen I want you to think of this as a way to bring peace to a space that usually doesn’t get to be peaceful. I want you to think of some anchor scriptures and share them. Whether you get online to read them or you just post the verses, I want you to use this glass screen to reach generations that have never known life without them and give Life through them.
We’ve got to think about these digital platforms as opportunities to share the love of Jesus. This is just one sphere of influence that we have that can help us bring peace. In Matthew 5 verse 9, we’re right in the middle of the Beatitudes and Jesus says, “Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called children of God.” What if we became peacemakers on these platforms? Instead of bouncing from social media or calling it out in a negative way, we can step out on these platforms and share love.
It can also be helpful to break the decluttering process into small, manageable steps. You can start by decluttering one room at a time or by tackling one category of items, such as clothes or books. This can make the process feel less overwhelming and more achievable.
My pursuit of perfection cannot get in the way of teaching my kids. I have to say that this is something that I’m working on. Letting go of the weight of carrying the home chores on my shoulders. It’s good to work together as a team. It’s good to feel like we’re accomplishing something together.
Today, I’m sharing tips and tricks on how to tackle spring cleaning, from decluttering to organizing all the way to deep cleaning. I’ll also give insight on how to give your home a total peace makeover with our sponsor: Create Peaceful Spaces: Spring Cleaning Challenge! Head to: https://www.chelseaumberger.com/springcleaning to learn more and sign up for our Walkthrough Webinar! When you sign up you’ll also get my Last Minute Hosting Guide for free!
Need some scriptures to meditate on? Here’s a quick 15.
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The simplest days start with the simplest mornings.
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So you need a deep cleaning checklist, eh? Well here’s mine!
This act of resting in the Lord’s dwelling place seems counterproductive to our high performance standards. It’s costly. And it’s all Jesus wants.
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If you read my last post about creating peaceful spaces you’d know that we’re in the process as a family of establishing routines that are nourishing to our hearts, souls, and minds. To be honest, it’s been difficult to really jump in an organize my pantry in a way that I really wanted to. Call it … organizational apathy, maybe?
Since becoming a mother, I’ve realized that for my kids, I truly am the thermostat to set the peacefulness in my home. Working in tandem with Evan, we are the peacemakers of our home.
God desires families to be restored under His banner.
A lot of times, I use “I don’t know what to pray” as an excuse for not immediately praying for someone.
This relationship, this Love, is meant for all families, of all nations, of all tribes, of all tongues.
Doom Boxes. The place where the forgotten things live. You know, those boxes we keep to hide the clutter when unexpected guests come over or when we're too overwhelmed to deal with it.