A welcoming invitation to an ordinary home with an extraordinary purpose and the hope of inspiring and encouraging Christian women in their high calling as keepers at home.
Friday, March 27, 2009
Beautiful Views! Flood 2009
Isn't it just like the Lord to show us the silver lining during the storm? These photos were taken this morning around the farm. Sorry, these were taken by a rookie and so don't have the Eden Photography touch...but I thought you'd enjoy them:
Being in the ministry as a pastor's wife has given me unique opportunities to share my home with others - sometimes many others at one time. During a recent gathering, a couple of dear friends of mine were sitting in my kitchen when one happily said, "I just love coming to your place, it's so comfortable. Maybe it's because it never changes." We all laughed and I said, "You're right, it hasn't been changed since we moved in." And that was 1995!
What is it that makes a house a home? Is it the decor? Or the furnishings? The things we own? No...it's what takes place in that house that makes it a home. But it's not really just the happenings, but how and why those things happen and our reactions to them. It's the joys, the laughter, the dreams, the hugs, the hurts and tears. It's the living that takes place there that makes it a home. And it's the love behind the living that makes it a 'home sweet home.'
You are invited, my friend, to enter my home, my world, and my life as lived from inside the 'glass house' of a preacher's home. I'm not perfect and I don't pretend to be. You'll perhaps see some clutter and dust. You might even get a glimpse of my closets on one of those days I'm brave enough to show you. But hopefully you'll see the love and my Lord - the source of that love - in every room and maybe you'll enjoy the comfort of my home, too.
The photos in the following slideshow were taken by our daughter, Beth (Eden Photography). Check out the links below to her Flickr site and Business Blog.
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Continuing to pray - can not get you all off our minds. Wish we were closer to help. Know that we are praying,
~Martie
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