Seed Sowing

My Prince Charming came to me last week and told me he decided that he needed to step up and be a stronger spiritual leader. (What a guy!!!) So Saturday night we laid in bed as he read the ENTIRE book of Ecclesiastes to me. Yes. The entire thing. Again, I have to say - what a guy! :)

There were a couple thoughts that stuck out to me - one of them from chapter 10 verse 18...
     "If a man is lazy, the rafters sag; if his hands are idle, the house leaks."

The other came a chapter later in 11 verse 6...
     "Sow your seed in the morning, and at evening let not your hands be idle,
     for you do not know which will succeed, whether this or that,
     or whether both will do equally well."

These are some thoughts I find myself reflecting on as I prepare for my second month of learning to NOURISH.

Luke and I love to discuss our days over the dinner table. I love getting to tell him about what I accomplished at home while he was at work. I show him the things that I create, clean, and cultivate! :) However, we all know that some days are more productive than others...

So what about those self-proclaimed "lazy days"? What about those days where I sit and watch tv instead of cleaning the bathroom? Or when I waste a couple hours online rather than spending a couple hours organizing our basement?

I have decided to take up these verses as a challenge : 

To start every single day in the Word - the days that I find the least productive are the days I choose to begin with "non-eternal things". If I offer the first fruits of my day to the Lord, I know He will bless the rest! 
I want to NOURISH my soul.

To "sow my seed in the morning, and not allow my hands to be idle in the evening" - even if I have a super productive day, when Luke gets home, I slow right down. I want to continue my work through the evening, because perhaps those seeds will bloom even more than the daytime ones! 
I want to NOURISH the seeds that I sow.

To not just focus on our physical house and rafters, but our emotional ones as well - if we don't maintain our house, it will begin to sag and leak. If we don't maintain our marriage, it will also begin to sag and leak. I pray that my relationship with Luke will never grow lazy or idle. That we would never just "go through the motions", but that we would be purposeful and intentional about everything we do and everything we say. 
I want to NOURISH our love.

In other news, I am getting better at cooking!! aka - I want to NOURISH our bodies with beautiful, healthy foods!

strawberry banana muffins

ham macaroni and cheese (recipe compliments of Auntie!) 

my first attempt at a bolognese sauce - it turned out well! :)