In 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
“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).
Mothers 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 i
If 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?
Job 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 f
Where can you communicate while you eat?
An 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.
Don’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?
Did 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?
Some 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).
When God brought forth the first beautiful woman from the side of Adam, what realm did she come into? She immediately came forth to be a wife . . . and then a mother. After the glorious introduction of Eve to Adam, God states: "Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his WIFE: and they shall be one flesh” (Genesis 2:24).
The other morning an old song came to mind: “I am covered over with the robe of righteousness which Jesus gives to me.” I thought more deeply about the words. They come from Isaiah 61:10: “I will greatly rejoice in the Lord, my soul shall be joyful in my God, for He hath CLOTHED me with the GARMENTS of salvation, he hath COVERED me with the ROBE of righteousness.” When we accept the salvation God gives to us, He washes away our sins, covers us with the precio
Apart from her bridesmaids, Rashida had nine little flower girls (and yes, the 10th one too--her mother). You can’t help having lots of flower girls when there are so many cousins in the family. All the flower girls loved dressing up for the wedding. But it’s not only for weddings--they love to dress like princesses for every celebration we have. But more, it’s not only for celebrations. They love to dress like princesses every day.
It’s amazing that King Hezekiah turned out a godly man. His father, Ahaz, was a very wicked king and even sacrificed his own children to Molech. He was so wicked that when he died they did not even bury him in the sepulchers of the kings of Israel. But Hezekiah, his son “wrought that which was good and right and truth before the Lord his God” (2 Chronicles 29:1, 2 and 31:20, 21).
“That our daughters may be as corner stones, polished after the similitude of a palace” (Psalm 144:12 KJB).
One of my favorite poems . . . 
We talked yesterday about knowing God in all our ways (Proverbs 3:6). What does it say? ALL our ways. That means ALL the practical ways of our lives. We can often feel very close to God when we are away on our own with our Bible and no distractions. In fact, we can feel very spiritual. But what about when we get back in the fray? In the midst of babies, toddlers, tantrums, teens, frustrations, and overwhelmingness! How can we know God then?
I am sure you have memorized and have taught your children Proverbs 3:5, 6: “Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths.” They are good Scriptures to memorize as a family.
“Because your heart was tender and you humbled yourself before the LORD when you heard what I spoke against this place and against its inhabitants, that they would become a desolation and a curse, and because you have torn your clothes and wept before Me, I Myself have heard you . . . “ (2 Kings 22:19). We read this Scripture in our Family Devotions this morning. It’s the story of when they found the “book of the law” and read it to king Josiah. When the king h