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In this video, I'm taking you along for a slow evening at home as I prepare meals, spend time in the kitchen, clean and reset, and talk about why I'm learning to slow down instead of constantly feeling like I need to get more done.
As a homemaker and mom, it's easy to feel like there is always another meal to make, another load of laundry to fold, or another area of the house that needs attention. I'm learning that homemaking doesn't have to be rushed or perfect to be meaningful.
This weekend is about slow homemaking, simple living, meal preparation, cooking at home, cleaning, and being intentional with the ordinary moments of family life.
If you enjoy realistic homemaking, slow living, cleaning motivation, meal prep, cooking, simple living, Christian homemaking, motherhood, and peaceful home inspiration, I hope you'll spend the weekend with me. 🤍
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Yesterday
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there was
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rain.
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Beauty.
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>> Welcome to my very messy home. There's
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things all over the kitchen counter. The
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kids are watching cartoons in the family
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room. We have food that still needs to
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be prepared. And things are very much
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far from perfect. But lately, I've been
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learning that homemaking doesn't have to
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be about getting everything done as
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quickly as possible. And it doesn't have
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to be perfect. Sometimes it's just about
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slowing down. Something I talk a lot
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about on this channel. taking your time
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to prepare a meal, cleaning your kitchen
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while you listen to your favorite music,
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making something from scratch, even if
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it's chaotic around you, and just
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getting your home ready for the week
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ahead. I think that there is so much
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beauty in just those small ordinary
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moments. So today I'm taking you along
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with me for a slow day at home as I
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prepare some meals for my family, spend
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some time in the kitchen and get a
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little bit of cleaning done. Basically
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just simply enjoying being at home,
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being a homemaker and being a mom.
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Nothing in this video, as you can see,
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is perfect. I am not rushing through
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anything. It's just a quiet and slow day
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of homemaking, taking care of my family
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in my home, and finding joy in the
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little things. One thing that helps me
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to slow down on the weekends is
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preparing some of our meals ahead of
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time. It's not a huge like freezer meal
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prep where I prepare a bunch of meals
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for the entire month. Instead, I'm just
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preparing a few things now that I know
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will give me a little bit more breathing
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room during the week. And as a mom, I
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can definitely take a little bit more
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extra breathing room. So, I'm in the
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middle of preparing dinner. We're just
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going to be having a basic oven baked
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chicken with potatoes and veggie meal,
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but I'm also going to be preparing some
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breakfast for the week as well. Easy.
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Just scrambling some eggs with some
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cheese. And then I'm going to be adding
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in some ground sausage as well. Wrapping
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those up into some tortillas to make
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some easy breakfast burritos. Something
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that we can all enjoy and just grab out
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of the freezer in case we have a busier
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morning. I don't want to be scrambling
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trying to figure out what to make if
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that is the case.
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There is definitely something satisfying
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about opening up your refrigerator
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during a busy weekday and already having
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something prepared. Meal prep definitely
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doesn't have to be elaborate. It's just
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about knowing that I've made something a
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little bit easier for myself the next
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day. And I think that that is one of the
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things that we can often overlook in
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homemaking because we're constantly
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actually doing little things for a
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future version of ourselves or our
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family. Maybe we wash the dishes at
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night time and clean the kitchen as a
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clothes down so that we don't have to
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wake up to a messy kitchen the next
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morning. We can get right into our day
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and preparing breakfast. We fold laundry
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because our family needs clean clothes
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during the weeks. And we prepare food
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because we know that there will be days
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when we don't have time or energy to
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make a meal from scratch or a healthy
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meal. And so that's pretty much the
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purpose of what I'm doing right now. And
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even though it might seem small, it's
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going to make a big difference later in
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the week. The thing is that a lot of
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women often feel pressured to be busy
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all the time. And one thing that I like
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to talk about on this channel is just
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slowing down and being more intentional
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with our time because there's always
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going to be something more that we can
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clean or organize, more laundry to fold,
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another meal to prepare, another home
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project to complete, and something about
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ourselves even that we can improve. But
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if we're not careful, we can definitely
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turn home making into like just a
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neverending checklist. And I have
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definitely had my seasons where I felt
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like I could just spend the entire day
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cleaning and still feel like I hadn't
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accomplished enough. But slowly and
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little by little things have definitely
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been changing around the home. One thing
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that recently or this week really
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touched my heart. I have been getting
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back into the chosen series. I don't
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know if you guys have ever heard of that
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television series, but that series has
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definitely been blessing me. But one
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episode was about the passage in the
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Bible about Mary and Martha. And it's
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one thing to just read that scripture,
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but to actually see it play out, you
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know, on the screen, that really touched
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my heart. So basically in the passage
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and in the particular episode, Jesus
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went to go visit his family and he was
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staying there with Martha and Mary and
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Lazarus. And while Mary was sitting
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there with Jesus and the disciples just
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listening to Jesus, you know, give a
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good word, Martha was in the kitchen
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just trying to make sure that everything
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was perfect for Jesus. She wanted him to
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be comfortable and she wanted him to
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have a nice perfect meal. She wanted the
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house to look perfect and clean and
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everything. And while Martha was doing
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all of this, Mary was just, you know,
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sitting in there listening to Jesus. She
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basically was not being helpful. And it
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was causing Martha to become more
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frustrated and she was, you know, more
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anxious and everything. And so when she
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brought the meal to the Lord, she asked
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him, "Does he care that her sister was
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not helping her at all?" in the specific
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verse it's Luke 10:40 if you want to
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read the full passage but basically
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Jesus had told her that acts of service
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is really good in that he was very
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grateful for that but Mary who had been
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sitting there listening to his word it
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was much more important he basically was
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saying that you shouldn't get so caught
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up and distracted by the service and the
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things that you're doing around your
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home that you forget to just be present
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with the Lord. And that is something
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that truly spoke to me because of course
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as a homemaker and a mom, I'm always
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doing things around the house and busy
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serving my children, serving my family,
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wanting the house to look beautiful,
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wanting everyone to have good and
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healthy meals. However, it can be hard
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to find time in our day to one spend
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time with the Lord and in his presence
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and reading his word, but to also even
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find time to just be present with our
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children. And he basically is trying to
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get us to understand that the things of
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the world are fleeting. We can prepare a
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meal, we'll eat that meal, and then it's
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gone. But his word is going to live on
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in our hearts forever, in our children's
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hearts forever. So while it is important
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for us, you know, to serve and to
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maintain, you know, cleanliness and
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healthy meals and to steward our home
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and our bodies and things like that,
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it's even more important to actually
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spend time in God's word, to spend time
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in his presence and prayer, to actually
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be present with our families. They don't
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actually care as much as we do about how
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perfect the house looks. They actually
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value our time and our presence with
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them a lot more. and God, Jesus, he is
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the same way. And so that's something
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that I really wanted to share with you
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guys because again in this video today,
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nothing about my home it is perfect.
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It's a big mess. And that's why I wanted
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to show you guys that first thing as
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soon as I started off the video. But I
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was able to get some things done. I was
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able to meal prep for the week as I were
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to prepare dinner. And that's good
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enough. And then I can spend the rest of
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the evening spending time with my
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family, spending time in prayer, and
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just allowing God to order the rest of
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the steps for my day. And so, I hope
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that that maybe has inspired you or
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touched your heart in the same way that
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it touched mine. And just remember that
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Jesus wants our attention more than he
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wants our productivity. So, don't ever
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feel like you, you know, aren't doing
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enough. Do not spend so much time taking
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care of your home that you forget to
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enjoy the people in it and that you
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forget to enjoy God. So, I hope that
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this video and this short passage has
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reminded you that your ordinary work has
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value, but it does not have to be
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perfect. You're simply trying to make
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your home a little bit more peaceful.
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And sometimes that looks like cleaning.
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Sometimes that looks like meal prepping.
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And sometimes it looks like just being
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present with the Lord. And just being
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present with your family. You don't have
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to rush through your life just because
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there's always something waiting to be
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done. Slow down and take your time.
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Enjoy your family. Open the windows.
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Rest when you need to. Just clean one
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room instead of doing a whole house
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clean. And most importantly, invite God
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into the ordinary parts of your day.
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Because sometimes the most beautiful
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parts of our lives are not the perfect
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moments. It's those quiet ones that are
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most intentional, the ones that we
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almost miss because we are often too
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busy. Thank you guys for spending this
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slow day with me and I will see you guys
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in the next one. Happy
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