Is our first thought amid an illness or difficult season to give thanks to the Lord in it? This thought has been on my mind this week as my bible reading has me in 1 Thessalonians and I'm also dealing with a bad cold. I had things I wanted to accomplish this week and people I wanted to get together with. Some things happened but not as much as I planned. God had other plans.I was dealing with a cold, nothing earth shattering but something that brings a change in your ... continue reading...
Gleanings from the Life of Susannah Spurgeon
As a young Christian, I desired to read books from some of the “old guys” in the faith, but it was a bit intimidating. My first exposure to a “not so old guy” was Charles Spurgeon’s, Morning and Evening Devotional. I picked up Alistair Begg’s edited version, and it introduced me to a man who helped me to get a better understanding of what it meant to abide in Christ.Most of us have been impacted by the writings of Charles Spurgeon, whether it’s through books, his sermons or even ... continue reading...
Podcast EP 51: Our Mundane Moments Matter
Quick Update: Before I get into today’s topic today I wanted to give a quick update on the blog and podcast - if you sign-up for my monthly newsletter you’ll always have the inside scoop, so I encourage you to do that but I do want to share it with my podcast listeners in case you don’t follow the blog.I’m going to have podcasts out on only the 2nd and 4th Tuesday’s of the month. I’ll have blog posts out on the 1st and 3rd, and I’m leaving those 5th weeks that pop up in the month open right ... continue reading...
Elisabeth Elliot’s Eighty/Twenty Rule
We are already a month into the new year, and one of the yearly habits I’ve developed is working through the Revive Our Hearts 30 Day Husband Encouragement Challenge. Instead of doing it alone this year, I’m working through it with the Thankful Homemaker Facebook group. We’re taking one challenge a day to help us to become better encouragers of our husbands. This is a great challenge to do with a friend too.So many times as wives we can get focused more on what our husbands are doing wrong ... continue reading...
Simple Tips to Reading More Books for Busy Moms
We all know the books we read shape us and grow us. I've been challenged by books, taught by books and comforted by books over my years of reading and being read to. I can still pick up a book to read to my grandbabies that I read to my children when they were little and be taken back to those days of sitting with my babies on my lap getting lost in the story. I can hear in those memories the giggles, or surprise or sadness depending on the story in the voices of my children. It's been fun to ... continue reading...
