Today, as we end this six week study, I want to invite you to do something that might seem. . . well, out of the ordinary.
I want to invite you to bless your home.
Sounds odd, right?
And yet our homes are sacred places.
It’s where memories are made. Where mistakes are worked through. It’s filled with people that we love, and relationships that matter more than anything else on earth.
It’s the one place we can be ourselves totally.
It’s the place where our children grow up and come back to.
What might it look like to bless your home?
Take a few moments and walk into each room. Picture the people who live there. Thank God for each of them. Call them out by name. Ask God to fill each space with His presence, His wisdom, His joy.
This is my kitchen table. I thanked God for the sticky fingerprints of my grandbabies. For the women who gather around it each Wednesday. For the food we are given. I asked God to bless our conversations and laughter around this table, and called out the names of those who sit in the chairs.
Go to the next room. . . and then the next.
Pray that your home is a place where your children feel safe and loved. Ask God to use your home and each family member for His glory.
If your home has been a place of conflict, offer up that up too. Invite God into those harder places. Ask Him to bless it with peace, with words that lift up and encourage and work through conflict.
If you sense God asking you to linger, perhaps at your kitchen table where conversations are held, or at the foot of your child’s bed, listen.
Listen.
Pray.
Bless.
Suzie
Suzie, I absolutely LOVE that you wrote about this!! My friend, Meredith Bernard, mentioned your new “friday thing” to me…and she told me your topic today was about blessing. I LOVE IT!! Because I have recently become enthralled with the idea of blessing the people around us…by literally speaking blessings over them. This is the book that started my new blessing obsession: https://www.thebookofblessings.com. (Just thought I’d share. I hope that isn’t weird. I don’t know the author…he’s not my brother or anything, so I’m not trying to promote him.)
I also wrote a post specifically about blessing two weeks ago (for my church blog, not personal blog). Anyway, I’m just rambling now, but I had to leave a comment for you about this, because it feels pretty awesome to have a kindred spirit out there, who is just as passionate about speaking blessings!!
So…nice to meet you! 🙂
Great thoughts today, Suzie!! I love that we both love our kitchen tables and all the goodness shared around them. 😉 Thank you for prompting this thought…I’ve wanted to write about my table but not had a good outlet. No, seriously. Loving your Friday series and glad to be a part! 😀
Love this Suzie. Our homes our supposed to be our safe place. Praying for room to room is one of those things that I love. Beautiful.
I love this, Suzie. I need to do this more often. I pray for my family, why not pray over my home too? Great start for me today. Thanks for sharing.
Oh what a lovely post and what a lovely piece of wise counsel, Suzie. I want to take time this weekend to bless my home indeed, to pray for all of us here and our frequent guests as well.
I have even prayed over my incredibly messy storage room. Sorry but pride keeps me from showing pics. If you are interested in four practical prayer exercises (and crafts) to incorporate with home prayers, check out my link!
I have truly been blessed just by reading this. Please pray for me and my house hold. In the name of Jesus.