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I pray the world never gets so loud that you can no longer find God's voice. My prayer is never that you win every race; but rather, you turn to Him to be your hands and feet. My prayer is never that you will be popular; but rather, that you will...
How to Raise Children that Love Jesus with Ease When my second son was a toddler, we went to visit relatives in Kansas, and one of them asked him, “So what do you want to be when you grow up?” And he plainly answered, “A bad guy.” And began acting...
I have always been satisfied with my body and physical appearance, until a family event came around that changed it all. Unfiltered commentary eroded my confidence in that moment. As they arrived, even before saying “Hi” the words that shot out of...
I was playing with my 2 yr old and we were making animals out of play dough. I rolled out the play dough to form a snake and started slithering the snake towards her. She pretended to be scared and yelled, then laughed. She then said “my turn!” She...
Mothers are hidden, aren’t we? So much of what we do is unseen, and we wrestle with the hiddenness. We want to be seen. We want what we do to be noticed, don’t we? “On the days when I give and I give and I give. Did anybody notice?” “On the days...
Have you ever looked at yourself on paper and said, “wow, that chick is one lucky gal!”, yet the emptiness and brokenness that you feel is palpable. (Cue the raising of both of my hands.) This was me, 6 years ago, I was...
Has God ever grabbed your attention with something mundane, like an object in your house, when he wants to talk to you about something? One of the ways he likes to let me know that he has something to say to me is to highlight something I see in my...
It was an early summer evening. We just returned home from work and preschool pick-up to begin our usual evening routine. Clean up the aftermath of the early morning rush while simultaneously preparing to cook dinner and set my toddler up with a...
There are many times in this life, that we need to be broken, specifically so that God can restore and rebuild us into something so beautiful only His hands can do. I sit in a very beautiful place right now, thankful and breathing...
I don’t know about you, but there are times when my nerves are fried and my children mean well, but mommy needs some moments of silence. Anybody else?Recently, in the drive thru line, I couldn’t find my debit card. This is a regular problem for me....
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