Loyalty is the virtue of faithfulness to a commitment or cause or person.

For the Christian, we are to be loyal or faithful to Christ our Lord, and as Christians in a family,

we are to be loyal to one another and to the household of God.

This kind of faithfulness demonstrates a binding love and a secure identity.

Today I'm going to share some thoughts on how we can

cultivate loyalty in the home out of a loyalty to Christ.

Welcome to the Sheeproves Faithful Podcast, episode number 233, truth and encouragement to live gospel center lives every day.

I'm your host, Lauren Lushak.

Hi, everyone, welcome to the podcast. My name is Lauren, and I'm so grateful that you are joining me today.

And it is just such a fun spring for us. This is our first spring in Florida where we have a home

and we are gardening like crazy. I just planted seminal pumpkins, which somebody on Instagram recommended

because I love growing pumpkins and then read that they're not great in Florida. But then somebody

told me this variety

specifically is great for the hot and humid climate.

So we planted some of that, and our chicks are growing.

They're no longer in our home.

Thankfully, they're in the garage, and then we move them out to, quote unquote,

pasture, which is like a little pin in our yard.

We don't have a very big yard. So I just want to communicate that

you can plant a seed really in soil, whether you have a lot of space or not. And I recommend doing

it because it's so fun, especially of kids for them to watch things grow. And even yesterday,

we were in the garden. And my littlest, not my littlest, my third littlest is three. And even yesterday we were in the garden and my littlest, not my littleest, my third

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