{"id":379,"date":"2013-10-18T15:04:40","date_gmt":"2013-10-18T20:04:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wordsfromthehomefront.com\/?p=379"},"modified":"2016-09-10T15:07:01","modified_gmt":"2016-09-10T20:07:01","slug":"five-minute-friday-laundry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wordsfromthehomefront.com\/index.php\/2013\/10\/18\/five-minute-friday-laundry\/","title":{"rendered":"Five Minute Friday: Laundry"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">Today&#8217;s prompt for 5-minute Friday is:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">Laundry<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-364\" src=\"https:\/\/wordsfromthehomefront.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/washing.jpg\" alt=\"washing\" width=\"275\" height=\"183\" \/>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">The washing&#8217;s on the line and hung out to dry. That&#8217;s what I grew up with. Wash day came on the same day every week, rain or shine. \u00a0Those lines drooped with sheets, towels, socks, underwear, pajamas, shirts, pants, dresses, skirts and anything else that could be washed. Those days are gone, but the laundry isn&#8217;t. In my neighborhood laundry isn&#8217;t allowed to be hung on the line any more.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">Pity, it smelled so good after being in the sun all day. You probably wonder how we managed without a dryer. I wonder how we managed without disposable diapers. No- I don&#8217;t because I used them-sparingly. Throwaways were too expensive to use every day. Those were for outings and for Sunday Church. \u00a0I still have a few &#8220;real&#8221; diapers hanging round- they&#8217;ve been turned into cleaning rags now. Still useful.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">Yes, I&#8217;m rambling around down memory lane. I wonder how God sees laundry, toilets, floors, dishes, household dust, curtains, bathrooms, and kitchen sinks. I can think of a thousand things before they come to mind. {note: I&#8217;m a housekeeping diva- NOT} I hope He sees the cleaning of the home as an act of service; because I&#8217;m sure wouldn&#8217;t be doing it if I didn&#8217;t love my family. I wonder if that&#8217;s how He sees us sometimes- that He sure wouldn&#8217;t be cleansing our hearts if He didn&#8217;t love us.<\/span><\/p>\n<div style=\"font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal; background-color: #ffffff;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><strong><em><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">Create in me a\u00a0clean\u00a0heart, O God, and renew a steadfast spirit within me. Psalm 51:10<\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal; background-color: #ffffff;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><strong><em><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal; background-color: #ffffff;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">Linking up with Lisa-Jo Baker.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal; background-color: #ffffff;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today&#8217;s prompt for 5-minute Friday is: Laundry \u00a0 The washing&#8217;s on the line and hung out to dry. That&#8217;s what I grew up with. 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