Welcome back to the “Homely House Podcast”! I’m Ashton, and it’s my honor to introduce some incredible women who embody the heart and soul of home. Tonight, I’m thrilled to share the mic with the lovely Susan Crump.

When I think about my Su this quote from C.s. Lewis always comes to mind:

“In friendship...we think we have chosen our peers. In reality a few years' difference in the dates of our births, a few more miles between certain houses, the choice of one university instead of another...the accident of a topic being raised or not raised at a first meeting--any of these chances might have kept us apart. But, for a Christian, there are, strictly speaking no chances. A secret master of ceremonies has been at work. Christ, who said to the disciples, "Ye have not chosen me, but I have chosen you," can truly say to every group of Christian friends, "Ye have not chosen one another but I have chosen you for one another." The friendship is not a reward for our discriminating and good taste in finding one another out. It is the instrument by which God reveals to each of us the beauties of others.”

This could not be more true about the origin of my friendship with Su. God chose this beautiful sister just for me and I am forever grateful to Him for it.

I hope you enjoy this glimpse into the story God is writing in and through the Crump family and that it inspires and blesses your own homely houses with wisdom, creativity, and encouragement.