Transform Your Celebrations: Biblical vs. Traditional

Hey guys!

I don’t want to start any debates or anything but I know that I have had some feelings of conviction when it comes to certain holidays. I’ve celebrated them because that seemed like the ‘normal’ thing to do but I always had this little feeling that it wasn’t right. I didn’t realize until recently that there were a lot of other people who felt the same way.

I started doing a little more research about some of these ‘holidays’ and much of what I found didn’t sit well with me. This research led me to learn more about the Biblical Holy Days… or feasts. We’ve been incorporating more of these into our annual celebrations and leaving some of the old traditions behind. My heart feels better about these decisions even though some people don’t always agree with us. That’s Ok, we have to do what we feel led to do.

Holy Days vs Holidays

I encourage you to do some of your own research about upcoming holidays for this year as now is the time to start implementing changes and letting family or friends know about the changes you plan to make. It’s totally up to you and your family but I do encourage you to pray about these issues if you have felt convicted in any way.

Celebrating Biblical Feasts

I know we still have a lot more research to do and we are constantly learning but God will help us along this journey as long as we continue to seek His guidance through prayer.

We hope you all have a very blessed week!

This video popped up in my YouTube lists recently and I wanted to share it with you as it does touch on a few of these issues:

Perpetual Meal Plans

I made these up for last year but they have worked so well that we are keeping them around… I can spend less time meal planning and devote more time to other things that need my attention.

Here they are, all in one place:

Perpetual Meal Plan Spring

Perpetual Meal Plan Summer

Perpetual Meal Plan Fall

Perpetual Meal Plan Winter

The links should take you to each post where you can print out the meal plan.

Hope this helps!

Special Holiday Meals: Our 1st Shepherd’s Dinner

Hi! Just wanted to jump on really quickly and share a few photos of our 1st Bethlehem/Shepherd’s dinner which will be happening on a yearly basis in the future… the timing might change a bit but we definitely want to repeat this!

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Household Routines File Set Up: OVERVIEW

It’s that time of the year when we start thinking about resolutions for the New Year and many times they involve getting things to run a little smoother.

I’m going to share with you a file system that we had set up a couple of years ago and we still refer back to it every now and then or when things seem to have gotten a little off track.

We had a similar system set up many years ago and it really helped me get my house in order. We felt like we were always running behind and never getting caught up but our routine system helped us get and stay more organized.

I recently heard that routines have been proven to help you be more productive and less stressed as they lessen the number of decisions you have to make on a daily basis… it definitely helps us!

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Special Holiday Meals: Creating a Meaningful Bethlehem Dinner Tradition

Hi friends!

I’ve really been trying to spend more time this year on incorporating new traditions into our lives that will help us bring more focus back to GOD and to JESUS, especially during this time of year. I haven’t been great about posting all of the things we’ve been doing but I do try to give an overview of what we’ve been up to. One thing we want to try this year is a ‘Bethlehem Dinner’. I have also found similar meals labeled ‘Shepherd’s Night’.

Holy Days vs Holidays

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