162: Cultivating Peace in Your Home with Victoria Duerstock

Victoria Duerstock is a wife, mom, speaker, and author who is passionate about home design, hospitality, and God's Word. She comes on the show today to share her passion for inspiring women to understand how they can partner with God to cultivate peace in their homes.   What We Chat about in Today's Episode: ~Victoria's new book, , what led her to write it, and what readers can expect ~Using our homes missionally ~Marriage and motherhood as huge sanctifiers for us ~The opportunity godly homes have right now to shine forth the difference Christ makes in a world that is in disarray and in desperate need of peace ~Starting points for cultivating peace in our homes ~Prayer as the most important starting point, even when it doesn't make us feel like we're accomplishing anything ~Why merely decluttering won't bring the peace to our homes that we hope or think it will; it has to all start with heart-change and the Lord bringing peace to our hearts ~Peace as a fruit of the Spirit; making the choice to walk by the Spirit in peace ~The problem with trying to appear perfect in our homes ~Refusing to allow our stuff to become more important than my people ~How the idol of instant gratification steals our peace ~The spiritual side of home decorating ~Practical tips for home decorating in a peaceful way ~Changing up how a room is used ~How to be able to declutter and yet also be able to honor items we are sentimental about ~And more! For full shownotes, head to www.hargraveshomeandhearth.com/podcast Get full access to Beyond the Boxes at rebekahhargraves.substack.com/subscribe