pride

The Happy, Humble Work of a Mother

February 27, 2013 Inspiring Homemaking
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by Melissa McDonald I just had a serious talk with my two-year-old as she bounced on a red rubber donkey wearing an inflatable crown. We talked about all the reasons you shouldn’t play with the potty seat. Then she bounced around in circles until she fell off of the donkey. She giggled the way only [...]

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Vacuuming pride’s fuel

September 26, 2012 Devotional Mundane
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Have you ever considered how a vacuum cleaner could be a metaphor for affliction? Joel Beeke artfully connects a half-dozen mundane moments to the significance of God’s work of sanctification. Here’s one example: “When suffering affliction, consider the purposes of Christ. He lived to do His Father’s will, to be sanctified through suffering, to merit [...]

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Pride’s ugly faces

April 16, 2012 Devotional Mundane
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Pride can be so subtle. For example, the other day I shared with a friend about a success I experienced over a struggle with pride. I was careful to emphasize how much time I had spent suffering in that struggle. We talked about it at length, and the moment I hung up the phone I [...]

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Pride and play dough

January 7, 2012 Devotional Mundane
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by Gloria Furman My friend Michelle and I were talking about how we often feel lonely when we spend our days pulling play dough out of sinus cavities. But sometimes even after all the effort it takes to get the kids out of the house for a playdate (or to host one), our hopes for [...]

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Overcoming 3 Hurdles to Hospitality, part 1

November 18, 2011 Showing Hospitality
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Donita’s house is always full of people—friends stopping by to say hello, young ladies coming over for discipleship group, houseguests, and not to mention four squirrel-y little children with the most precious Aussie/South African accents you’ve ever heard. Her friends often wonder, “How do you do it?” The answer Donita gives amazes people. So we [...]

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