Inside: Do you think of your family table as a place of discipleship? Our family tables are a place where we can offer Christ to others. Do you think of your family table as a place of discipleship? Our family tables are a place where we can offer Christ to others. We hope that our…
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…
To Read: Feminism Doesn’t Love You Back – @God’s My Healer Blog It seems feminism is the new religion of America. Many young Christian women can be found saying, “I love feminism!”I have to wonder though, does feminism love them back? The Life of Abraham: “Go Forth” – @A Narrow-Minded Woman The life of Abraham…
I can be a bit unfocused and jump around from book to book at times when it comes to studying God’s Word. I can be disciplined in reading the Word, and praying and memorizing (thank you Scripture Typer app!) but my study time was undisciplined. Getting back into Inductive Bible Study has helped me…
We live in a culture today that is obsessed with beauty. You can’t check out at a grocery store without being bombarded by magazines with sexual images and young girls dressed provocatively. The image of beauty we see on television and in magazines isn’t even attainable unless you have a portable airbrush mechanism to take with…
Inside: How many times have we left a conversation and said to ourselves, “Why did I say that?” Set a guard, O Lord, over my mouth; keep watch over the door of my lips! Psalm 141:3 How many times have we left a conversation and said to ourselves, “Why did I say that?” I have…
Fall is just around the corner, and I know for me personally it is a time to rethink my schedule and get back into routines I let slip over the summer months. One routine I hope we never let slip is time in God’s Word. I’m hoping to encourage you today and inspire you…
7 But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus his Son cleanses us from all sin. 8 If we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. 9 If we confess our…
We can tend to just think of Titus 2:3-5 as an example to look to what our conduct should be like as Christian women. And please don’t get me wrong because it beautifully lays out what we are called to as Christian women. I’m using this example at the end of this post to…
The excerpt below is the first chapter on an ebook I wrote on Motherhood. Our Hearts as Mothers What does parenting by the gospel look like? There are many resources and books available that teach us to have the gospel as the center of our parenting, but what does this mean? And what does…
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…
I’m pondering the gift the Lord has given me of my husband this week. I ponder it quite frequently, but for some reason this week it led to a blog post. I’m traveling with my Doug this week for his work. We spent many years apart as I stayed home with children while his work took…
Blog Posts I Loved This Week: Why Do You Criticize Ann Voskamp? @Rick Thomas We Are One – A 31 Day Marriage Devotional @Rick Thomas (I’ve been working through them by podcast) 8 Ways God Works in Our Suffering @Tim Challies 3 Reasons I’m Grateful to Have Married Young @Forward Progress How Can I Improve…
Over many years of walking with the Lord through many trials (and continuing to do so), I wanted to share some things that have been a help to me. When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; and through the rivers, they shall not overwhelm you; when you walk through fire…
My readers I’m doing a bit of a different post today and sharing with you a question I have from a dear friend and blog reader here. I’d love to try to answer your questions so if you have anything you’d like to ask about topics that relate to being a Christian woman, wife, mother…
“Blessed are the pure in…
As Christians we have the best news in the world to share, so why are we so hesitant to share the Gospel of Jesus Christ with others? In Matthew 5:13-14 God’s Word tells us we are salt and we are light. By being light, we are called by God to shine brightly in…
Inside: Pride is such a battle for so many of us. Pride only has one purpose: self-glorification. It robs God of His glory and seeks to bring ourselves glory. “Pride is when sinful human beings aspire to the status and position of God and refuse to acknowledge their dependence on Him.” ~ C. J. Mahaney…
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