Soul Nourishment #6

  "Now may the God of peace himself sanctify you completely, and may your whole spirit and soul and body be kept blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.  He who calls you is faithful; he will surely do it." - 1 Thessalonians 5:23-24

Thoroughly Alive - blog post by Sarah Clarkson
"I woke up on the wrong side of my soul the other day. . . . but there was a calm that came into my mind, joining the odd fellowship of my soul and its troubles."


"The longing for home is woven into the fabric of the life of every man, every woman, and every child.  It is profoundly affected by their inescapable connection to place, persons, and principles - the incremental parts of a covenant community.  While the nomad spirit of modernity has dashed the integrity of community, it has done nothing to alter the need for it.  Covenantal attachment has always been an inescapable aspect of the healthy psyche, and it always will be.  Uprootedness has always been a kind of psychosis, and likewise, it always will be.  Hearth and home are the cornerstones of help, hope, and happiness." -George Grant 


   "Tell the next generation the praiseworthy deeds of the LORD, his power, and the wonders he has done. . . . so the next generation would know them, even the children yet to be born, and they in turn would tell their children.  Then they would put their trust in God and would not forget his deeds but would keep his commands." -Psalm 78:4, 6-7


"The family home is the nursery of love.  Intimacy grows where we live together.  But in Scripture the home is always only a means to an end, the medium by which we begin to understand the relationship we have together with God." - Abraham Kuyper


"Give Me Patience..." - poem for parents


The Gospel and Christ-Centered Leadership - by Dr. Randy Stinson on leadership in the home


Hoping you stuck around for this final quote...
   "Because of sin, we can never fully replicate our Heavenly Home on this earth, but the Christian home should be a sweet foretaste of the home that our Savior purchased and prepared for us. . . . Our homes can and should be a preview of what is to come." - Susan Hunt