After posting the picture of Dawson and Cassidy below, I thought you may like to see their little children outside their tiny house where they live.TINY HOUSE LIFE
It’s altogether wonderful and yet we are bursting at the seams. It has taught me so much. It has taught me there are many things I can live without. It has also shown me the things I value.
The lesson of this season; where you treasure is, there your heart will be also. My heart has been with my little ones. For lack of a full, bustling house to bother after, I have spent more time with them—exploring nature and looking into their eyes.
The goal of course is not quite tiny house living. Of course, it couldn’t be. We desire many more little Stolls coming along. But one thing is certain. No matter the place in which I dwell, the truth of it is:
It’s the people and not the house.
It’s the hearts and not the things.
It’s the moments I look into their eyes and see they are living their best life, climbing on daddy’s woodpiles, eating sun-warmed apple slices, and laughing at the sun.
CASSIDY STOLL
@itscassidy.jade
(Deborah (3), Tabitha (2) and aby Peter (5 months).
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There is nothing like the aroma of a delicate and delightful-smelling perfume. It’s pleasurable to our sense of smell, although I must admit that I don’t like chemical perfumes and prefer essential oils.
The Lord will build your home if you allow Him. Let Him rule in your home. Let Him give you the children He has planned for you.
I want to be the OVERFLOWING one, don’t you?
To be dependable is to be faithful, faithful in the little things which add up to the big things. The character qualities of being dependable, faithful, trustworthy, and truthful are being lost in our society today. Let’s make them strong in our own lives and instill them in to the lives of our children. God is not looking for frothy and fluffy servants but faithful servants.
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).
How do you and your family pray? How often do you pray? I must confess, dear ladies, that it surprises me how little God’s people are praying at this time. How can that be? We are facing lockdowns, vaccine mandates, and tyranny. And still the church of God isn’t calling for prayer meetings and crying out to God? What must yet happen before God gets our attention?
It is wonderful to read Scriptures about the tender mercies of God. It reveals His character to us. I read another one this morning in Psalm 25:6: “Remember, O LORD, thy tender mercies and thy lobvingkindnesses; for they have been ever of old.”
How do you feel about your home? Do you feel like a prisoner? Are you longing for the day when you can get on to something different? Or is your delight in your home? Is it your favorite place to be?
1 John 5:19 (ESV): "The whole world lies in the power of the evil one." If this world is in the grip of the evil one, how do we live without getting pulled into its grip? How do we keep our children from its control? We've got to swim upstream.
Your baby will be impacted by your attitudes while in the womb. Embrace your precious baby to your heart from the moment you are aware and begin praying prayers of blessings and protection and God’s anointing on your baby.
When Pearl and Evangeline or I have a birthday, our favorite gift is to receive a surprise from Serene. No, it’s not something from the shop! We love it when she makes one of her great concoctions--something that no one has ever tasted before.
Isn’t that amazing? Motherhood goes into eternity. It is the most lasting career in the universe. I met a lovely mother today who has seven children that she fought against all odds to bring into the world. But she also had 21 miscarriages. Wow, just think of all the precious lives she will meet in eternity! What overwhelming joy.
Currently, my brother and his wife and part of STORY WORTH where they write about their lives in answer to questions from their family. I love reading their stories and the other day my brother shared this confession. It’s a good story to read to your children too.
I love these words. We don’t trust when it is easy but when it is the hardest thing of all. And we always find that God is faithful. His everlasting arms are waiting underneath us.
A daycare worker was sharing with me that they take in babies from six weeks old. And yet dog breeders do not sell their puppies until eight weeks and up to 12 weeks for toy breeds. How is that human mothers can give up their babies so soon? What has happened to the value of mothering? This worker also mentioned that many mothers never even check to find out when their baby or toddler slept or what food they were given for the day or when. Where is their concern and yearning over their child?
Isn’t it so wonderful that the Bible uses the same Hebrew word to describe the womb of the woman as God’s tender mercies and compassion? As you embrace life in your woman you are showing the love and and mercy of God. As a mother comforts her babe so God comforts and consoles in all our adversities.
I love Thy kingdom, Lord!