I am so grateful to be back at the podcast and excited about this upcoming series on marriage. I’ve enjoyed my study time for this series and this first one is foundational because it lays out from God’s Word His design for marriage and what our role is He has called us to as…
Inside: Worry reveals the idols of my heart, something I treasure more than Christ. Today’s podcast we’re discussing what God’s Word has to say about our anxiousness and worry. We’ve been working through the book of Matthew at church and have been in the Sermon on the Mount for quite a few months now. I’ve…
Inside: Seasons of waiting are good to see the Lord at work in our lives for our good and His glory. As I’m sharing this episode, I’m finding myself in a waiting room on the Lord, and it’s been a long one, and I don’t see an end near. It has reminded me that when…
To Read: The Missing Word in Our Modern Gospel – @The Gospel Coalition “There’s a word missing from the presentation of our modern gospel. It’s the word repent. Yeah, I know, that sounds old school, like an embarrassing sidewalk preacher with a sandwich board and cheap tracts with bad graphics and lots of exclamation points….
To waste time is to squander a gift from God. ~ John Blanchard Self Discipline is essential to spiritual growth and it is useful in our lives in so many ways. Living lives that are disciplined means saying, “yes” to God in every area of our lives. Jesus is our ultimate example of what…
To Read: Five Parenting Myths I Used to Believe – @One Degree to Another “To experience the good times, I first had to abandon some ridiculous preconceived notions and myths I believed about parenting. There are five parenting myths I believed that were harmful and wrongheaded.” The Wounds of a Friend – @Everyone Needs a…
Do nothing from selfish ambition or conceit, but in humility count others more significant than yourselves. Let each of you look not only to his own interests, but also to the interests of others. Have this mind among yourselves, which is yours in Christ Jesus, Philippians 2:3-5 As wives and mothers we spend our days…
Blog Posts I Loved This Week: What Does it Mean to Fear the Lord? @Writers Gonna Write (my daughter’s blog xo) Choice: Spoken Word Poetry @Living Waters (It’s a video and so worth your time to watch) Why Being a Mom is Enough @Finding Joy Is Your Communication Meaningless Chatter or Godly Conversations? @Rick Thomas…
“To be forgiven is such sweetness that honey is tasteless in comparison with it. But yet there is one thing sweeter still and that is to forgive.” ~ C. H. Spurgeon As I’m writing and processing through this post I don’t know what you my readers are coming to this post with. I don’t know…
I’m finding myself in a waiting room on the Lord, and it has reminded me that when I gave myself to Him I gave up my “right” to be in charge. Even though it is a truth we know, how many times do we want to think that somehow we can effect change in our…
Do you find yourself easily offended or angry? Complaining about the circumstances in your life? Blaming others for the issues in your life? Upset over the person who overlooked your feelings or doesn’t appreciate you? Who put these people and these situations in your life? God uses the circumstances and situations in our lives for…
Inside: How we care for our homes reflects what we believe about the Gospel. Let’s embrace our calling as keepers of the home with joy, love, and purpose for God’s glory. “As Christian women, this is the attitude that should characterize our lives. We are to be women who love our homes. We are…
“One reason we are so harried and hurried is that we make yesterday and tomorrow our business, when all that legitimately concerns us is today. If we really have too much to do, there are some items on the agenda which God did not put there. Let us submit the list to Him and ask…
Sharing some helpful thoughts for women in the work world or those pondering going back to work from Elisabeth Elliot and Carolyn Mahaney: “Because I want to be faithful to what Scripture does say I often refer to that passage which tells me, as an older woman, what I am supposed to say to younger…
Take a moment with me ladies to remember back to the early days of marriage. You loved to see your husband’s face, hear his voice, and feel his touch. Just to be near him, hold his hand, or delight in a long sweet conversation. Laughing together, taking long walks, love notes, sweet phone calls and…
When you hear the word “femininity” what sort of images come into your mind? The world lays out many different pictures of what femininity should look like, but God tells us it is a life of surrender. May the words of Elisabeth Elliot encourage you today in finding your “gateway to joy.” …
Sometimes when we’re reading a Homemaking Series, we might think the ladies who write these have every part of their lives together. Let me be the first to tell you; I don’t have it all together. Some people may say I’m hypocritical by writing about something I haven’t mastered in my own life,…
“The way you keep your house, the way you organize your time, the care you take in your personal appearance, the things you spend your money on, all speak loudly about what you believe. The beauty of thy peace shines forth in an ordered life. A disordered life speaks loudly of disorder in the soul.”…
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