Today's saint, St. Lydia Purpuraria, was the first Christian convert in Europe, a businesswoman who dealt in luxury goods. She is the patron saint of cloth dyers. Saint Lydia was born during the first century in Thyatira, a town famous for its dye works in Asia Minor, famous for its dye works, (hence, her name which means purple seller). She was a seller of purple dye and was St. Paul's first convert at Philippi. The following is from the Acts of the Apostles: And a certain woman named Lydia, a seller of purple, of the city of Thyatira, one that worshipped God, did hear: whose heart the Lord opened to attend to those things which were said by Paul. And when she was baptized, and her household, she besought us, saying: If you have judged me to be faithful to the Lord, come into my house, and abide there. And she constrained us. ~Acts 16:14-15 She was baptized with her household. Thereafter, Paul made his home with her while in Philippi. Lydia was a woman of hospital...
May God bless your "hunt"!! :)
ReplyDeleteJean! I am so glad your husband got a new job!! Yeah! Yippee!
ReplyDeletePrayer and thoughts as you enter in a new adventure! House hunting.
Hugs!
Ebeth
PS: As a former real estate agent, just list 10 things about the house of your dreams and make sure you get at least 8 of them! It worked for us!
I hope you have lots of fun with this endeavor! It's something I've always enjoyed doing, even though the actual move usually is stressful.
ReplyDeleteMargaret Mary, Ebeth, and Valerie,
ReplyDeleteWow, ladies! Thanks for your encouragment.
I had a wonderful time! It must be your blessings, prayers, and good wishes that did it.
God bless each of you!