PRAYING THROUGH YOUR HOME- HOME TOUR WITH SCRIPTURE AND PRAYER PROMPTS

In late Spring I attended our state-wide Women's Retreat.  The theme for the event was "Home," and with stellar speakers Kay Arthur , Katherine Wolf , and Ruth Chou Simons , it was a refreshing, challenging, and inspirational weekend.  Alongside the general sessions there were other activities going on for ladies to take part in.  One of those was a "Prayer Experience" where they were encouraged to pray through their home.  I had a teeny tiny role of helping with it and wanted to share that with you today. ...

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HOST A BACK TO SCHOOL ENCOURAGEMENT PARTY

As a minister's wife, I fully recognize the blessing of serving at one church for almost 12 years. Our daughter was 3 months old when we came to our current church, and it's been a privilege to watch our kids grow up in one place. I'm so incredibly thankful for the group of girls who are such great friends to my daughter.  They are special, and unusual these days because this group (along with several other friends who weren't able to join us this time) gets along so nicely and encounters very little "drama."  Such a nice, somewhat uncommon, thing with girl friends these days! These girls have grown up together since they were about 2 years old.  They've done birthday parties, church choir, play dates, Vacation Bible School, and been to several camps together.  We're already saving photos of them together for slideshows when all of their high school graduation celebrations occur (slow down, time!).  Most of them attended Youth Camp together ......

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FRIDAY FAVORITES

Happy FriYay!  My kids have been away on a choir trip this week, so we slipped out of town for a couple of days for a bit of R&R- or actually, a lot of shopping!  We're scouting for furnishings for the patio project that I shared yesterday and the new living room sofa that I'm hunting for.  My sweet husband is happy to be my chauffeur as we hit all of the fun stores that we don't have in OKC.  So, for some Friday blog fun, here's what's caught my eye lately! Speaking of the Patio Project, I'm checking out these chairs from Ikea today for our outdoor dining space.  Does anyone have them?  What do you think?  Do they hold up well? I absolutely adore this clutch that Beth from designPOST Interiors embellished for her recent DIY Summer School project.  You all know I love a good tassel , and I'm searching for just the right piece so I can replicate something like this! Chip and Jo Jo... you know them, you love them.  I love th......

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