Above Rubies Daily Encouragement Blogs

Through the weekly and daily devotionals you can be constantly encouraged in your great role of parenting, the highest career in the nation. You can also stay updated on what's happening with the Above Rubies ministry.

Strengthening Families Across the World through the encouragement of women in their high calling from God as wives, mothers and homemakers.

ARE YOU WEARING YOUR GOLDEN CROWN?

GoldCrownDid you know that God wants you to wear a golden crown on your head each day? In fact, we can’t live without it. We learn this from the clothing God designed for the high priest. Everything that was written in the Old Testament was written for our learning (Romans 15:4 and 1 Corinthians 10:11). And of course, we are now called “kings and priests unto God” (Revelation 1:6; and 5:10).

We read that Aaron had to wear a miter (turban) on his head. God also commanded Moses to make a plate of pure gold into a crown and engrave it with the words, HOLINESS TO THE LORD. Aaron wore the golden crown, which was placed on blue lace and attached to the turban, on his forehead. And he had to wear it CONTINUALLY.

This golden crown was called “THE HOLY CROWN.” It speaks of keeping our minds pure and holy before the Lord. All evil comes through the mind. This is where we are first tempted. And therefore it is most important to wear our holy crown each day. We don’t wear it physically, but by faith we put on our golden crown reading, HOLINESS TO THE LORD.

When evil thoughts come to your mind, you don’t have to accept them. They hit the golden crown of holiness and bounce off. When grumbling, complaining, self-pitying, and negative thoughts come to your mind, you don’t have to accept them. You have a protective golden crown on your forehead. Resist them in the name of Jesus.

Not only did Aaron have to wear the crown continually, but it had to be saturated with the anointing oil, speaking of the HOLY Spirit. We cannot do this in the power of the flesh, but only by the power of the Holy Spirit.

Learn to wear your crown by faith each day. Teach your children this lesson and how to get into the habit of wearing it.

Be blessed as you wear your golden holy crown today,

Nancy Campbell

P.S. You can read all about it in these Scriptures: Exodus 28:36-38; 29:6, 7; 39:30, 31; and Leviticus 8:9-11.

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IMPORTANT ORDINANCES

ImportantOrdinancesIn an earlier post, THE LAW OF THE HOUSE, we read Ezekiel 44:5 where we are told to give close attention to all the regulations and instructions regarding the house of the Lord. God established many statutes for His house, but one of them was the Morning and Evening principle.

God asked the priests to attend to the fire upon the altar every morning and every evening. He commanded them to trim the wicks and pour in oil for the light of the golden candlestick every morning and every evening. He commanded them to light the incense on the golden altar of incense (which speak of praise, worship, and prayer) every morning and every evening. He commanded them to sacrifice the lamb every morning and every evening. And every morning and every evening, the Levites who were appointed as singers and worshippers, sang and worshipped the Lord.

Although this was part of the tabernacle and later the temple worship, it is still a type for us today (1 Corinthians 5:1-12 and 10:11). It speaks of the morning and evening altar we must establish in our home. As we gather as a family morning and evening to meet with the Lord (our altar unto the Lord) we keep the fire burning in our hearts. It’s where we ignite to keep the light shining from our lives. It’s where we commit to pray and be filled with God’s Word. It’s where we take time to remember our salvation and the precious blood of Jesus. It’s where we acknowledge that Christ is LORD of our home.

All these ordinances looked forward to Christ, the Lamb of God, who was scarified for us. We now look back in thankfulness and worship for our great salvation. We need our daily altar to strengthen us to be burning lights in this dark world of deception.

Let’s keep the ordinances of the house.

 

To read more about establishing ordinances in your home, go to this link:
Establishing Ordinances

To find out more and read the Scriptures regarding the Morning and Evening Principle, go to: http://bit.ly/MorningEveningPrinciple

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BY THE SPIRIT

ClosetPantryYesterday we talked about the LAW OF THE HOUSE. How do we make rules and laws for our home? Do we copy what other mothers do? Do we get ideas out of a book? No, we get it by the leading of the Holy Spirit.

How did David get the pattern for building the house of the Lord? God gave it to him by His Spirit. 1 Chronicles 28:11-13 tells us that he received “the pattern of all that he had by the Spirit . . . for all the work of the service of the house of the LORD, and for all the vessels of service in the house of the LORD.” Isn’t that wonderful?

God is interested in every detail of your home. Everything that is involved in the running of your home. Even the pots and the pans and how you should order your kitchen (1 Chronicles 9:-32). God will show you how to set everything in order and how to order your days.

Ask God to show you and He will give you the plan by His Spirit. Wait for His plan. When He gives it to you, it will work. Sometimes you try to follow the ideas of others. It may work for them, but it doesn’t work for you. The way God shows you will work for you.

Be blessed today,

Nancy Campbell

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THE LAW OF THE HOUSE

LawHouseYes, this is an actual Scripture. Ezekiel 43:12 says: “This is the law of the house; Upon the top of the mountain the whole limit thereof round about shall be most holy. Behold, this is the law of the house.” It is talking about the temple, the place of God’s dwelling. God had laws for His house. He established many ordinances to make it run smoothly. In Ezekiel 44:5 it says: “Son of man, mark well, and behold with thine eyes, and hear with thine ears all that I say unto thee concerning ALL THE ORDINANCES OF THE HOUSE OF THE LORD, and ALL THE LAWS thereof: and mark well the entering in of the house with every going forth of the sanctuary.”

Because I am also building a house to the Lord, a sanctuary for the living God and for my husband and family, I believe I can’t do better than God’s plan. If it was important for God to have ordinances to run His house smoothly, I think I also need laws and ordinances to make my home function effectively. God’s house had order and established daily times for certain functions. I need to make this happen in my home too. I believe in flexibility because every day of every year is different and we never know what is going to happen. However, we need to institute a basic plan to keep order.

And do you notice the ultimate vision? That God’s house will be MOST HOLY. Not only the house, but all around the house. This should be our ultimate passion and vision, to build a holy home for God’s glory. We seek God’s holiness on and in our home, but also on our land--the backyard, frontyard, and all around our house. It is all to be holy to the Lord. We should pray this every day upon our home and allotment or acreage, whether it be large or small. We must guard what goes on in our home AND around our home!

“Holiness adorns your house, O LORD, forever” (Psalm 93:5). Does holiness adorn our homes?

Blessings to you today,

Nancy Campbell

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HAVE YOU CAUGHT THE VISION?

CaughtVisionTHREE MASONS
Once a man came upon three rock masons at work. “What are you doing?” he asked of them.
“I am carving these stones into the different sizes wanted,” answered the first.
“I am earning six dollars a day,” replied the second.
“I am helping to build a great cathedral,” commented the last.
Only he had caught the vision of the great work that he was helping to do!

THREE MOTHERS
Once a woman came upon three mothers at work. “What are you doing?” she asked of them.
“I am doing the weekly washing,” answered the first.
“I am doing a bit of household drudgery,” replied the second.
“I am mothering three young children who someday will fill important and useful spheres in life, and wash-day is a part of my grand task in caring for these souls who shall live forever,” replied the third.
Only she had caught the vision of the great work she was doing!

P.S. The painting is by Jim Daly.

 

Forgive me, but I couldn't help posting this picture to add to the message below. I love the combination of daily tasks with schooling.

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WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE PLACE?

FavoritePlaceHow do you feel about your home? Is it a prison? Is it a place you know you have to be because your children are little, but you can’t wait to get on to something different? Or is your delight in your home? Is it your favorite place to be? This is God’s plan for you.

Psalm 106:24, 25 says: “Yea, they despised the pleasant land, they believed not his word: But murmured in their tents, and hearkened not unto the voice of the LORD.“ The “pleasant land” was the home God chose for His people, but they despised it and murmured and complained.

God has chosen a “pleasant land” for you too. It is your home. The first home, which was the prototype of all homes to come, was called the garden of Eden. Eden means “delight” and this is God’s plan for your home. The word “pleasant” in Psalm 106:24 also means “delightful, plus desirable and precious.” When God spoke to Daniel in Daniel 10:11, 19 He called him “greatly beloved” which is the same Hebrew word.

Dear sweet mother, I know life is not always easy in your home as you care for your little ones and face all the challenges of each day. But can I let you in on a secret? It is delightful or burdensome according to your attitude. Nothing influential or powerful in this life is easy. It takes hard work and commitment. It’s the same with mothering in your home.

If you are in the grumbling and despising state, change your attitude today. Embrace your home. This is where you are in the perfect will of God for you. Delight in it. And commit to making your home a delight--for your husband, your children, and even for yourself.

Love to you today, Nancy Campbell

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ARE YOU INFERTILE?

RUInfertileYou are well aware that on the Above Rubies Facebook we stand with God that babies are His blessing and His truth of the “blessings of the breasts, and the blessings of the womb” (Genesis 49:25). However, we don’t live in a perfect world and there are many precious women who long for a child and yet are infertile. They do not know the answer and they cry with anguish.

Dear mother, if you are one who waits and waits for a baby, I want you to know that my heart aches with your heart. I know the ache and yearning in your heart is so strong, many times unbearable. You are not strange for feeling this way. It is God-ordained. God created the womb to cry out for life (Proverbs 30:15-16). But never give up. God hears your groaning and He has His perfect time and He has His perfect will for your life.

Here is a prayer for you to pray. However, I would encourage you to ask your husband to lay his hands upon your womb and pray over you every day. Your husband is your covering and God hears his prayers on your behalf. The prayers of a husband are powerful and you can also claim the wonderful promise in Matthew 18:19: “That if TWO OF YOU shall agree on earth as touching any thing that they shall ask it shall be done for them of my Father which is heaven.”

"Dear Father, the Life-giver, You know the yearning and ache in my heart for a baby. I cry out to You to fill my womb with life. Please cleanse my womb. I confess any negative word I have ever spoken over my womb or my female cycle. I renounce any negativity or curse over my womb that could have come from past generations on both my mother's and father's side.

I ask that You will clear my fallopian tubes. Please heal every part of my womb. Make it ripe and ready to receive conception. I wait in anticipation. I come to you in faith, acknowledging that You are the Life giver. I will keep trusting You and never give up hope.

And I yield myself to Your sovereign will. Thank you for hearing my prayer. In Jesus' name, Amen."

Blessings from Nancy

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THEY’RE WATCHING

They'reWatchingDear mothers, Your children learn far more from watching you than anything else. They watch your attitudes, the look upon your face (smiling or grouching, happy or sour-faced, sweet or bitter, frustrated or content), your words, and your actions. This is what they will be. What are they seeing?

~ Nancy

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WHY DO WE THINK WE CAN CHANGE GOD?

GodImmutableJames 1:17 gives an amazing description of God: “Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the FATHER OF LIGHTS, with whom is NO VARIABLENESS, neither SHADOW OF TURNING.”

God is immutable. He does not and cannot change. I love what Arthur Pink says: “God has neither evolved, grown, nor improved. All that He is today, He has ever been, and ever will be. . . . He cannot change for the better, for He is already perfect; and being perfect, He cannot change for the worse. Altogether unaffected by anything outside Himself, improvement or deterioration is impossible. He is perpetually the same. He is altogether uninfluenced by the flight of time. There is no wrinkle upon the brow of eternity. Therefore His power can never diminish nor His glory ever fade.”

How is it that we think we can change God? I think one of the greatest sins in the church today is bringing God down to our level and humanistic understanding instead of worshipping Him as He is, “I AM THAT I AM” (Exodus 3:14).

James uses an amazing a scientific analogy to reveal this character of God. He calls God the Father of lights, meaning the Creator of the heavenly bodies and reveals how there is “shadow of turning” with the sun, moon, and stars. They have changes, literally “parallaxes,” eclipses of one another by shadows and so on, but there is not the faintest shadow with God.

But God is not only unchangeable in His essence, and His character, but also His counsel. Hebrews 6:17 tells us about the “immutability (unchangableness) of His counsel, in which it is impossible for God to lie.” What God said in the beginning is “forever settled in heaven” (Psalm 119:89). It is perfect for all ages and all generations.

His plan for mankind, and His purposes for us His female creation are the same from the beginning. He has not made new rules for each new generation. God’s counsel stays the same because it has already been perfected!

Dear wives and mothers, let’s not think we know better than God. Lets embrace His life-giving ways. Let’s embrace the way He created us as females and the great purposes He has for us to nurture our children in the home, that each new generation will be nourished and taught in the ways of God.

Jeremiah 6:16 says: “Thus saith the LORD, Stand ye in the ways, and see, and ask for the old paths, where is the good way, and walk therein, and ye shall find rest for your souls.”

Love from Nancy Campbell

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WHERE DO WE SHINE?

WhereUShineIn the post below we notice that God is glorified when those around us see our good works. Who are going to see our good works first? Our husband and children of course. If we can’t show our good works in our home, it’s not much use starting outside the home.

The wonderful thing is that God explicitly shows us what kind of good works He wants us to do. He doesn’t leave us in the dark.

In Titus 2:3-5 where it tells the older women to teach the younger women, the plan is very specific. The older women are to teach “GOOD things.” Do you notice that it says GOOD things? What are these good things? “To be sober, to love their husbands, to love their children, to be discreet, chaste, keepers at home, good, obedient to their own husbands.” These are GOOD things. And therefore when we do these things with a joyful heart unto the Lord we GLORIFY the Father.

In another Scripture speaking about women it tells us the same thing. 1 Timothy 5:10 says that women are to be “reported of for GOOD works.” What are these GOOD works? “If she has brought up children, if she has lodged strangers, if she has washed the saints’ feet, if she has relieved the afflicted, if she has diligently followed every good work.”

We see here a picture of a nurturing mother, firstly embracing, nurturing, and feeding her children. But she never gives up her nurturing heart. Instead, it gets bigger and bigger. She continues her nurturing anointing as she reaches out to the needy and opens wide her home for hospitality.

These are the practical good works that glorify our Father in heaven.

Are you glorifying God in your home today?

Blessings from Nancy Campbell

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ARE YOU SHINING?

RUShining“You are the LIGHT of the world. . . . Let your SO SHINE before men, that they may SEE your GOOD WORKS, and GLORIFY your Father which is in heaven” (Matthew 5:14-16).

Notice the words in caps. There are so many words to affect our lives in this Scripture.
LIGHT: Jesus is the light of the world. Therefore, when He comes into our lives we are filled with LIGHT. Light exposes the darkness. Light brings forth life. Light brings forth revelation and understanding.

SHINE: We not only to SHINE the light of Jesus through our lives, but to SO SHINE!

SEE: People must SEE the light of Jesus in our lives. Who will see it first? Our husband and children. If we can’t shine the light in our home, how can we do it outside the home?

GOOD WORKS: We reveal the light of Jesus by our GOOD WORKS. We are not saved by good works, but when we are born again and the light of Jesus fills our lives, we show it by our good works (Ephesians 2:10). Where will we show our good works first? In our home.

GLORIFY: We GLORIFY our Father in heaven when those around us see our good works.

Not only shine, but SO SHINE today! May your children exclaim, “You are shining, Mommy.”

Love from Nancy Campbell

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MOTHERS ARE IRREPLACEABLE

MothersIrreplaceableMothers in today’s society are often made to feel insignificant and that they are not doing something worthwhile with their lives. This is so far from the truth. God designed women for the home--to raise His children in the home (yes, they are ultimately God’s children), to be the greatest influencers upon their children for God and His truth, and to make their home a sanctuary that is strong and secure against the storms and winds that we all face in this life.

The words of Zechariah 13:7 also apply to motherhood: “Smite the shepherd, and the sheep shall be scattered: and I will turn mine hand upon the little ones.” As mothers we are shepherdesses of our little flocks. Just as the shepherd is essential for the survival of the sheep and lambs, so are mothers indispensable for their children.

Satan’s plan is to smite motherhood and scatter the mother shepherds out of the home. When he lures mothers away from their home, he can then turn against “the little ones” and entice them to his thinking and ways.

It is sad that many have fallen for Satan’s trap. It is time for watchdog, protective, lion-like, standing strong, never giving into deception mothers to arise. Mothers who will not be moved from their homes and who will guard their children and homes with all diligence.

Don’t be lured away, dear mother. No one, no matter how professional they are, can ever replace you, the mother! You are more important than you realize.

Blessings to you today,

Nancy Campbell

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WHAT DO YOU CALL YOUR CHILDREN?

PuppyRideIf you’re in the groove, you most probably call them kids, without even thinking. It’s the norm and we all gravitate to the norm. But is it the best word?

Copy and paste this link to discover that it might be a good idea to wipe this word from your vocab:
http://aboverubies.org/…/1173-family-life-is-there-a-better…

You can check out Part 2 also:
http://aboverubies.org/…/1174-family-life-is-there-a-better…

~ Nancy

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WONDERS WITHOUT NUMBER

WondersNumbersJob exclaims that God does “great things past finding out; yea, and wonders without number” (Job 9:10 and 5:9). How true this is. We see God’s wonders every day--in creation, in His workings in our lives, and in our children (the beautiful miracles He has given us.) Every new baby is a miracle from God--a unique new person who has never lived on the earth before and there will never be another one like him or her. How amazing. How our hearts should be filled with awe and rejoicing.

Take time to look at your children and appreciate the miracles they are. Thank God for them. Embrace them as miracles and joy in them.

The word “wonders” is the Hebrew word “pala” and means “astonishing, extraordinary, marvelous, miraculous, wondrous, to accomplish.” It reveals God doing things beyond the powers of human powers or expectations.

It is used in Genesis 18:14 about the miraculous conception of Isaac: “Is any thing too hard (pala) for the Lord? At the time appointed I will return unto thee, according to the time of life and Sarah shall have a son.” God miraculously restored Sarah’s womanly cycle and she conceived during the “time of life,” the time of the month when the womb is ready for conception and a miracle of God.

Although this was a very special miracle to an older woman, every married woman has this opportunity for a miracle during her “time of life.”

This word is used of God creating each new life in the womb (Psalm 139:13-16). The psalmist exclaims: “I will praise thee; for I am fearfully and wonderfully made: marvelous (pala) are thy works.”

God uses this word when describing a couple falling in love (Proverbs 30:18, 19). God sees it has marvelous and wonderful. I’m sure it makes His heart smile for it is His plan and design.

Each night as I am going off to sleep I like to think of all the wonders around me for which I can thank God and then I like to do it again as I wake in the morning.

We can easily get bogged down with all the pressures and complexities of life. But look up today, dear mother. Rejoice in the miracles all around you. You have wonders without number if you will only open your eyes.

Be filled with thanksgiving today,

Nancy Campbell

MORE SCRIPTURES ABOUT GOD’S WONDERFUL WORKS:
To be more encouraged you can look up these Scriptures containing the Hebrew word "pala."

We are to show to our children, and all people, God’s marvelous works. We must not keep them hidden: 1 Chronicles 16:9, 12, 24; Psalm 9:1; 26:7; 71:17; 78:4 (specifically); 96:3; 105:2, 5; 107:8, 15, 21, 31; 119:27; and 145:5.

God loves to wonderful and marvelous things: Exodus 3:20; 34:10; Job 5:9; 37:5, 14; Joshua 3:5; Psalm 31:21; 40:5; 72:18; 75:1; 78:32; 86:10; 98:1; 106:7, 21, 22; 111:4; 118:23; 119:18; 136:4; Isaiah 28:19; 29:14; Jeremiah 32:17, 27; Joel 2:26; and Zechariah 8:6-8.

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AT THE TABLE

AtTheTable2Where can you communicate while you eat?
Where can you enjoy real fellowship sweet?
Where can you laugh with friends who are neat?
At the table.

Where can you pour out your heart and soul?
Where can you explain what is taking its toll?
Where can you share your vision and goal?
At the table.

Where can you dialogue and sift through ideas?
Verbalize thoughts and yet still be at ease?
Discover new subjects to debate if you please?
At the table.

Where can your hearts be knitted as one?
Where can you yarn and old stories be spun?
And feel accepted so you don’t have to run?
At the table.

Where can your children learn to sit still?
Acquire eating habits that won’t make them ill?
Be taught good manners of which some have nil?
At the table.

Where to imbibe values and ethics for life?
Learn to eat correctly with fork and knife?
Observe how “to father” and be a good wife?
At the table.

Where can you reveal God’s ways to your kin?
Teach them His Word will keep them from sin?
And to follow God’s laws is the way to win?
At the table.

Where can you encourage your children each day?
And boost the confidence of these “jars of clay”?
Give counsel that will keep them from going astray?
At the table.

Where can you make your house feel a “home”?
With a lovely warm ambiance and happy tone?
From where your children will not want to roam?
At the table.

Where can you show love to God’s special “flock”?
Feed those who come to your door and knock?
Even those who don’t know God can be their Rock?
At the table.

Where does God love His presence to fill?
Where does He want His blessings to spill?
Where does He want restless hearts to be still?
At the table.

Dear father and mother, look again at your table,
Family meals together will make your home stable!
Make it a priority--your God will enable!
Sit at your table!

~ Nancy Campbell

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TABLE OF LIFE

DaviesFamilyTableAn Above Rubies reader, Diana Davies has just sent me a picture of her parents' home with family around the table. Her father calls this table their "table of life" and Diana says that her mother is the glue that keeps all the family together. What a great testimony.

I think this is a wonderful way to describe the family table. I would also call it the "heartthrob of the home." It's where everything happens. I can certainly testify that our table was the heartbeat and life of the home as we raised our children. Even today, our table is till the "life" of our home.

Seek to make it the life of your home too.

Love, Nancy

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WHERE ARE THE PICTURES?

WherePicturesDon’t you love this beautiful picture of the family gathering together around the table? However, I find it so hard to find modern pictures of families around their family meal table. Is it because not many do this today?

I would love to have more pictures of this part of family life. Do you have one? Or would you like to take one and send to me? I’d be so grateful.

Send it by attachment to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Thanks so much, Nancy

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FOUNDATIONAL FAMILY LIFE

FoundationalFamilyLifeDid you enjoy sitting together around your family table last night for your family meal? Did you set the table and prepare a meal that enticed everyone to the table? Did you enjoy great conversation together? Did you end the meal with reading the Word and praying together?

Or did you let it slip? There are times when something special is on the agenda and we have to miss this precious time. But dear mothers, we dare not get into the habit of letting it slip! It is foundational family life. It is what strengthens and cements the family. It is generational. If we let it go by the way, what happens to the next generation? If this generation do not sit around a table to eat together, what will the next generation do?

I know it doesn’t automatically happen. You as the mother of the home have to make it happen. You have to schedule it to happen. You have to put aside other things to make it happen. You may have to rearrange your whole life to make it happen. But you cannot let it go. It is not only for the blessing of your children now, but for future generations. You are training your children now for their marriage and how they will raise their children.

If you’ve been getting out of this basic habit, ask the Lord to help you get back into the habit again. Ask God to show you ways to make each meal a very special time for your family. Start thinking now about what you will cook tonight? But more than that, think about what you could talk about together. Think about the joy of culminating the meal with Family Devotions.

Be abundantly blessed,

Nancy Campbell

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COME TO THE TABLE

ComeToTable

Dawn Kerr sent this picture to me today--Dinner for 14! Everyone is at the table except father who is taking the picture. And while we are on the subject of The Family Table today I will share a poem with you:

COME TO THE TABLE!

“Come to the table, supper’s ready to eat.”
All the children come running to find their seat,
At the head of the table father takes his place
And with all gathered round he says the grace.

He’s planned to be home from his busy work,
From his place at the table he will not shirk,
He affirms his commitment to his family and wife
And his presence at the table diminishes strife.

Mother has taken time to prepare the meal,
Full of nutrition, not a pre-packaged deal,
She delights to cook for her growing brood,
She knows it’s a sacred task to prepare their food.

The table looks inviting–a clean tablecloth too,
The plates nicely set, perhaps a candle or two.
The children get involved and do their part
To make the table look creative and really smart.

What joy to be together at the end of the day,
To laugh, and communicate, and each have a say,
To share the day’s happenings with one another
And tell what they’ve learned to father and mother.

The plates are now empty, tummies full to the top!
Is it time to leave the table? No! Stop, stop!
We’ve fed only the body and the soul so far,
The best part’s to come and it’s not out of a jar.

It’s time for devotions; we must feed the spirit,
Of the blessing from this, there is no limit.
Father opens the Bible and to his family he reads
Sowing into their hearts God’s eternal seeds.

Now it’s time to pray, each one takes a turn,
They pray for needs as God’s will they discern,
They give thanks for blessings with a grateful heart
And develop a spirit of gratitude right from the start.

God’s blessing is on this family we know
As around the table their “olive plants” grow,
God’s smile is upon them as they follow His way
And establish this principle for now and alway.

~ Nancy Campbell

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YOUNG OR OLD

YoungOrOldSome folks commented on yesterday’s post, THE WAITING GAME, that they know of couples who married young and are divorced today. Then again, I know of couples who married later and are also divorced today. So sad for both. Divorce is not part of God’s ultimate plan (Malachi 2:14-16 and Matthew 19:3-98).

Dear ladies, the fact is, it’s not whether you marry at a young age or an older age, the principles are the same. I know because I have been married for over 52 years and have to remember to do the same thing year after year, month after month, day after day, and moment by moment.

I have to CHOOSE to love my husband, choose to be sweet to him, choose to make love to him (lots), choose to serve him, choose to honor him, choose to be the most amazing wife that's ever lived! It's all to do with CHOICE! And most of the time you don't feel like doing any of these things. But you don't live by your feelings. You live by what is right. You live by blessing the other person. You live by the love of God which is shed abroad in your heart by the Holy Ghost which is given unto you (Romans 5:5).

As you do this, God's promises comes back like a boomerang to bless you. Whatever you sow, you reap. Whatever you pour out on your husband will come back to you. It’s an eternal law (Galatians 6:7).

Love to you today,

Nancy Campbell

BE INSPIRED BY OLDER COUPLES STILL IN LOVE

Go to this link to see the lasting love and joy of older married couples. Love always grows deeper and more beautiful as the years go on. The reason is that the more you love one another, the more you revel in one another's love. Show these pictures to your children too. https://www.pinterest.com/…/i-love-older-couples-who-are-s…/

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PO Box 681687
Franklin, TN 37068-1687

Phone : 931-729-9861
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