For years, Liz Wixom Johnsen helped families decorate their homes as a talented interior designer. And for years, Liz dreamed of a home that was like theirs—not because of the decor, but because of the families within those walls. As a single woman, she often longed for a home life that looked different than the one she had. But she also learned that true homes come in many different shapes and sizes. And when she married a man with eight children and her home was instantly dramatically different, that knowledge became invaluable. On this week’s episode, Liz shares what she’s learned about embracing the homes—and the lives—God has prepared for each one of us.

Show Notes

1:32- Home of Origin

4:37- Not Dependent on Cost

8:08- Creating a Home Around Our Lives At the Moment

11:01- A Different Blessed Life

15:25- “Our Father and Our Savior Love Broken Things”

21:22- Happiness, Your Heritage

24:35- Creation

30:06-Cheerfully Do All That Lies In Our Power

32:34- Finding a Place in a Different World

34:57- What Does It Mean to Be All In the Gospel of Jesus Christ? 

“His power plus our divinity creates beauty from unorganized matter.” —Liz Wixom Johnsen

Links and References

Liz’s interior design company

Happiness, Your Heritage

“God left the world unfinished for man to work his skill upon. He left the electricity in the cloud, the oil in the earth. He left the rivers unbridged and the forests unfelled and the cities unbuilt. God gives to man the challenge of raw materials, not the ease of finished things. He leaves the pictures unpainted and the music unsung and the problems unsolved, that man might know the joys and glories of creation.” —Thomas S. Monson, “In Quest of the Abundant Life”

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