“Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be filled.” – Matthew 5:6 (NIV) God is teaching me about seasons... that seasons come, seasons go, seasons change. Seasons vary in length, in difficulty, in appearance. Webster’s defines season as “a time characterized by a particular circumstance or feature.” The season I’m … Continue reading From Famished to Filled
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Grace Over Guilt
Busy. Preoccupied. Scatterbrained. Overwhelmed. Welcome to my life when I don't prioritize my relationship with God, when I don't seek Him first. I often forget there's a direct correlation - when I'm secure in my identity as a daughter of the King, when I'm consistent in spending time with my Heavenly Father (no matter how … Continue reading Grace Over Guilt
Found by Him
I love the song “Here’s My Heart” by Lauren Daigle. I love to listen to it and sit quietly before the Lord, waiting for a truth or verse to come alive and strengthen me. Last week, God illuminated one of the lines of the song for me: “I am found.” I am found… by Him. … Continue reading Found by Him
A Word to the Wives
Earlier this week I was reading 1 Peter in the Amplified Bible, and there were a couple verses that especially caught my eye. "In like manner, you married women, be submissive to your own husbands [subordinate yourselves as being secondary to and dependent on them, and adapt yourselves to them], so that even if any … Continue reading A Word to the Wives
When it’s Hard to Love
Most of you know that my husband and I have four children. And most of you know that parenting can be so hard sometimes. Rewarding and amazing, yes… but stressful, challenging, and overwhelming, also yes. It gets even tougher when you realize that you don’t love one of your kids as much as the others. … Continue reading When it’s Hard to Love
It’s Not Too Late to Change
“To put the world right in order, we must first put the nation in order; to put the nation in order, we must first put the family in order; to put the family in order, we must first cultivate our personal life; we must first set our hearts right.” – Confucius We need to set … Continue reading It’s Not Too Late to Change
Mercy is His Specialty
Our Women’s Bible Study at church is currently doing Melissa Spoelstra’s study called “Jeremiah: Daring to Hope in an Unstable World.” Last week we looked at Jeremiah 18, and how God is the Potter and we are the clay. “But the pot he was shaping from the clay was marred in his hands; so the … Continue reading Mercy is His Specialty
My Race to Run 