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Welcome!

Hello Friend,

Grab a warm beverage and sit with me for a moment.

You know there is more to being a homemaker than cooking, cleaning, and feeling like you’re just surviving every day. You desire to see the purpose in what you’re doing, that you’re making a difference in the lives of your loved ones. You don’t want to get caught up in comparing yourself to others or grumbling about the work set before you.

If you are in Christ, the Lord has called you first to Himself and then to serve others in the midst of our ordinary days. He has called us into the role we are in, and He will equip us to be faithful servants to love and minister to what He has placed in our care.

Your role as a homemaker matters to God. You can find contentment and joy in caring for your home and family when you keep your eyes on Christ and His calling for your life. Our contentment in our homemaking begins with finding our satisfaction in Christ.

This is why Thankful Homemaker was created – to remind you: 

  • To see the purpose and importance of your calling as a Christian Homemaker.
  • To keep your eyes on the eternal and not the temporal. 
  • You can have order in your days to have time to focus on what is most important. 
  • In each moment, the Lord is molding you more and more into the image of Christ. 
  • We’re not seeking perfection but faithfulness, one moment at a time. 
  • To do all your work as unto the Lord. 
  • There is always time to do the will of God. 

Thankful Homemaker provides truth-filled, gospel-driven encouragement to homemakers who amid their ordinary days desire to honor and glorify God in all things.

Meet Marci Ferrell:

  • Just in case you’re wondering who I am:
  • I’m a full-time homemaker, married for over 37 years, and have two grown children and three grandchildren. I didn’t come to faith in Christ until I was in my mid 30’s. 
  • I’m an avid reader and love to share all I’m learning.
  • I enjoy studying God’s Word and have been blessed through inductive Bible study. 
  • I enjoy making lists (and checking them off!)
  • I love to travel alongside my husband for his job.
  • We love to serve our local church family, where my husband serves as an elder. 
  • I am a coffee lover!

How Can I Encourage & Equip You in Your Role as a Homemaker:

Thankful Homemaker Podcast

  • It’s the podcast to encourage you in your role as a Christian woman, wife, mother, and homemaker. Solid reformed teaching on a bimonthly basis and currently with over 130 episodes and over 1.5M downloads.

Blog Articles

  • Articles covering all various areas to help you in the care of your home and family. My Start Here page is a good place to begin.

Homemaking Courses & Printables

  • I’m continuing to develop more budget-friendly resources to help women in the care of their homes and families. Come see what is currently available.

Newsletter & Free Library

  • My bimonthly newsletter (Coffee Chat & Tea Time) gives quick encouragement in your inbox with a short devotional, resources I love and recommend and what I’m reading, articles and teachings that were a blessing to me, and much more. It’s free, and it gives you access to the growing free library of printables.

Resource Recommendations

  • Book recommendations are my favorite to share with you, and you can see my lists of some of my favorites here.
  • I love to share books & products that have been a help to me in my homekeeping, and you can visit my Amazon Storefront here for recommendations.

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  • Please visit here for business inquiries or sponsorships.

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  • Contact me directly through email here.

How Can I Support Thankful Homemaker?

Your support is a huge help in keeping the content on the blog and podcast free. When I first began this venture, I had no idea the costs involved in keeping the blog, email, and various other costs, from supplies to equipment, would be, and I’m so grateful for all the support of my friends here at the blog.

  • You can make a one-time donation to Thankful Homemaker here.
  • You can become a monthly supporter at Patreon and get exclusive posts on what is going on in the blog, podcast, and my family life. Supporters can also get access to my private community with exclusive video teachings and encouragement for Christian Homemakers.

Thank you for even considering it – I couldn’t continue to produce free content if it wasn’t for supporters like you 🥰


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Patience is our ability, under the control of the Patience is our ability, under the control of the Spirit, to persevere and endure in times of suffering or hardship.⁣⁣
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Come listen in (or read) EP 118: Cultivating Patience with One Another at the link in my profile @thankfulhomemaker (click on the link under the blue arrows and then this image)
By affliction, Christ . . .⁣⁣ shows us our em By affliction, Christ . . .⁣⁣
 shows us our emptiness and weakness,⁣⁣
 draws us to the throne of grace,⁣⁣
 purifies our affections,⁣⁣
 weans us from the world,⁣⁣
 and makes us long for Heaven.⁣⁣
~ J.C. Ryle⁣
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Read more of Trusting God in Your Trials at the link in my profile @thankfulhomemaker (click on the link under the blue arrows and then this image)
I know we can all relate to self-pity as women, wi I know we can all relate to self-pity as women, wives, and mothers.  How many times do we focus on our needs that aren’t met?  Unfair situations or circumstances?  Self-pity is a selfish tendency that takes our eyes off Christ and puts them on ourselves. ⁣⁣
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We forget that “God works all things together for good to those who love Him and are called according to His purpose.” Are we able to give God “thanks in all things”?⁣⁣
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Come listen in to EP 105: Practical Steps to Overcome Self Pity at the link in my profile @thankfulhomemaker (click on the link under the blue arrows and then this image)⁣
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#rootedinChrist #rootedintheword #christian #christianity #thankfulhomemaker #bedeeplyrooted  #christianblogger  #christians #treasurechrist #joyinchrist #inchristalone #deeplyrooted #martynlloydjones #selfpity
Grab a free copy of my weekly planner 🥰⁣ ⁣ Grab a free copy of my weekly planner 🥰⁣
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Weekly Menu Planning Free PDF is at the link in my profile @thankfulhomemaker (click on the link under the blue arrows and then this image).
"God's written Word, the Bible, is God's greatest "God's written Word, the Bible, is God's greatest earthly gift to his people, second only to the living Word, Jesus. And because the living Word perfectly lived out the written Word, we are blessed beyond measure. Jesus fulfilled every precept found in Psalm 119, keeping the principles and commandments of this psalm, and he did so on our behalf.⁣
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Our failure to live wholeheartedly is covered by Jesus, who lived it perfectly for us. Ultimately, he is Psalm 119 in human form, the Word became flesh and dwelt among us (John 1:14)."⁣
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~ Taken from Sing a New Song: A Woman's Guide to the Psalms by Lydia Brownback⁣
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With my whole heart I seek you;⁣
let me not wander from your commandments!⁣
I have stored up your word in my heart,⁣
that I might not sin against you.⁣
~ Psalm 119:10-11
Accept the cost of good deeds in time, thought, an Accept the cost of good deeds in time, thought, and effort. But remember that opportunities for doing good are not interruptions in God’s plan for us, but part of that plan. We always have time to do what God wants us to do.⁣
~ Jerry Bridges, The Practice of Godliness⁣
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Listen in to 10 Things Helping Me to Manage My Days as a Homemaker at the link in my profile @thankfulhomemaker (click on the link under the blue arrows and then this image).
I’m sharing a walkthrough of various tools and s I’m sharing a walkthrough of various tools and systems that help me to get things done. It’s a practical episode, and I hope to encourage you, if nothing else, to take a look at how your days are going and ask yourself some simple questions like:⁣
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What is working and what is not working?⁣
Where do I find myself wasting time?⁣
Where can I make better use of my time?⁣
Can I simplify my days or various tasks or automate them?⁣
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These are just a few questions to ponder, and there are many more you can ask, but the main one is to seek the Lord and ask him, are you a good steward of your time? Is your desire to honor Him amid your days and in how you spend your time?⁣
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Many more than ten systems or tools help me manage my days, but these items top my list. I’ve shared more in detail on some of these in past blog posts or podcast episodes, but I wanted to put together an episode that walked through how I use each one.⁣
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An episode like this one is more helpful to me than you because it helps me to think through my days and systems and tools and determine what is working for me and what isn’t.⁣
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Listen to 10 Things Helping Me Manage My Days as a Homemaker at the link in my profile @thankfulhomemaker (click on the link under the blue arrows and then this image).
Who doesn’t want to save money, time, their sani Who doesn’t want to save money, time, their sanity, reduce stress, eat healthy and avoid the dreaded question, “What’s for dinner?” It sounds great, right, and we’d all love to do it, but how do we get there?⁣
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Menu planning is the answer to all those questions above. We have a jam-packed episode today filled with tons of tips, examples, and ideas, so stick with me, and I know there will be something that will appeal to each of you in some way.⁣
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Listen in at the link in my profile @thankfulhomemaker (click on the link under the blue arrows and then this image).
Though gradually, though no one remembers exactly Though gradually, though no one remembers exactly how it happened, the unthinkable becomes tolerable. And then acceptable. And then legal. And then applaudable.⁣
~ Joni Eareckson Tada⁣
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Come listen to EP 70: Finding Forgiveness After an Abortion at the link in my profile @thankfulhomemaker (click on the link under the blue arrows and then this image)
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