When you have a child that marches to their own beat it can be frightening and beautiful all at the same time. I'm learning that letting go of what others think will be one of the best things we can do for our little rebels, true-to-themselves-marchers. And sometimes letting go of even what we think "should be." I'm referring to peripheral issues not foundational ... Read More »
A little episode
Over Mother's Day weekend my Mom felt the need to share this story with my children. This was first published on May 8, 2013. God indeed has a sense of humor while teaching me and I marvel at it on a daily basis. Recently we were eating lunch on the back patio much to our ten year old’s disappointment. He is very afraid of bees to the point of obsessessing over it. My ... Read More »
4 things to the Woman still waiting to be a Mom:
To the desiring woman still waiting to be Mom, It's hard, isn't it? Still waiting. Hoping that this would be the Mother's Day you celebrate as a Mother with a child in her arms. While you're still hanging on to hope and know God has a plan there's still a deep ache inside your heart. And you wonder if you can make it to Sunday morning service where all the Mother's are ... Read More »
When the healing doesn’t come
I'm in a small group Bible Study and we're working through Jennifer Rothschild's study called "Missing Pieces" and it's so very good. Jennifer is blind and she shares openly of her years of praying for God to heal her. I love the ladies in my study and last night after hearing Jennifer's session on being thankful FOR and not just IN her blindness we were all in awe. And we ... Read More »
When our kids grapple with faith
I'm not ashamed to say that I see my son grappling with his faith right now. Asking a lot of questions. Wondering why God did things a certain way when He had all the power and control to do things differently - things that make more sense to him. Like - not putting the tree of the knowledge of good and evil in the garden to begin with. Not letting satan tempt Adam and Eve. Not ... Read More »
4 things I learned in April
April Fool's Day is the best day everrrrr! I learned that I grow to love it more every single year. This year I fooled my entire family at a local restaurant by getting our waiter who looked like an actor to pretend he was indeed that actor. He autographed and took a picture with us and as he signed the date I said, "April Fool's!" I thought my family was going to kill me. It ... Read More »
Speaking the Gospel to each other
I love the reminder our High School classes gave to us a few weeks ago - that the Gospel is for everyone all the time. Sharing the Good News of Jesus Christ coming to this earth to die for us and to save us from our sin is the greatest news ever. And we must not get tired of sharing it with others. Even to those who already know. The Gospel is for everyone. Everyday. ... Read More »
When children pray
This week our church had Missions Conference and as a part of it our missionaries went into the classes at the Christian School associated with our church talking about their ministries. My in-laws are pastors to missionaries and they travel the world encouraging missionaries. But this week as they went to classes they wanted to send the message to kids that they could be ... Read More »