Welcome to the Finding Joy in Your Home Podcast. I am your host, Jamie Belmay, and this is the podcast where we blend

deeply theological topics with thoroughly practical application, all for God's glory. Hey ladies, welcome back to the

Finding Joy in Your Home podcast. I am your host, Jamie Belmay, and we're talking about a terrific topic today because we're talking about something

very practical, which is meal planning and our kitchen, which takes up a whole lot of time and

energy and mental thought. And we're taking that practical topic and pairing it with a spiritual

issue. Hang in with me because you might be thinking, okay, Jamie, what does this

mean? What if meal planning is actually a spiritual issue? What are you talking about?

Hang in there with me because I've gotten really good feedback on this episode from the,

from the ladies who have actually listened to what we're going to be talking about, because I

think it might step on your toes a about because I think it might step on

your toes a little bit and it might step on your toes a little bit in a really good way.

And this is kind of the truth that I've had to talk to myself when it comes to spending time

and energy and resources on feeding these people in my home and where some of this,

this topic kind of gets into a spiritual issue.

That's what we're going to dive into.

And I think you're going to like this talk.

And hopefully you walk away feeling encouraged from it.

That's what we're hoping.

So before we get into all that, I wanted to let you know.

We have two sponsors for today's episode, Love Every and Hello Fresh, so we'll hear from them in a little while. But this topic here is coming out of a focus of

mind the last several months on meal planning. My one, and when I say meal planning, I kind of just

mean my kitchen. So for those who don't know if you're new around here,

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