Sheer Delight
When is the last time your children’s voices peeled out sheer delight? What about you? When was the last time you experienced sheer delight? Continue reading Sheer Delight
Category: Encouragement for Today
More For (not from) Mom
Do you struggle with all the balls you are trying to keep up in the air and all the hats you wear as a mom? Do you feel your life is too full and too disjointed- that the pieces of the puzzle of your life are just too jagged and don’t fit together properly? Here’s a solution you might not have been introduced to yet. Continue reading More For (not from) Mom
Pieces
How many moms feel like they are just giving pieces to the life they long to live? A slight adjustment to your perspective may help. Continue reading Pieces
More For Mom
Do you feel as though the give, give, give of motherhood has left you exhausted? Does every person and every responsibility in your life seem to demand more and more of you? Enter to win a free copy of a great book that lifts us above this struggle. Continue reading More For Mom
Feeling Invisible?
Do you ever feel invisible? As my first year of homeschool co-op wraps up tonight with our Spring Program, my boys will climb on the stage tonight with their classes, and I am sure to melt in tears in my … Continue reading Feeling Invisible?
Did the Resurrection Really Happen?
Let’s face it, if the resurrection didn’t really happen, there is no hope for our souls. So, did it? Check out this video: Continue reading Did the Resurrection Really Happen?
The Incredible Empty
Emptiness looms over all of our souls. It hungers to devour us. Only the most incredible empty could save us from its grasp. Continue reading The Incredible Empty
What’s So Good about Good Friday?
If you are like I was as a kid, you may wonder what Good Friday is even about, aside from a mark on the calendar before we pull out Easter eggs. What is it about this day that sets it off as sacred? What is it about the day that makes it “Good”? Continue reading What’s So Good about Good Friday?
Rosie Revere Engineer
Want to share a book with your kids that inspires grit and perseverance? Watch this video! Continue reading Rosie Revere Engineer
Patching Perforated Beauty: Healing Enneagram Perspectives
Would you like to reclaim the beauty God built into your soul? Check out this infographic that provides healing truths for each Enneagram personality type. Continue reading Patching Perforated Beauty: Healing Enneagram Perspectives
Seven Children’s Books that Inspire Perseverance and Grit
If you have or work with children in any way, you are likely looking for ways to help them build solid character. One of the aspects of character that I long for my children to develop is grit and perseverance … Continue reading Seven Children’s Books that Inspire Perseverance and Grit
Give Yourself a Break
If you’re overwhelmed or just bone-tired like I was, maybe it’s time to give yourself a break. Give yourself a break so that you can give those you love a break! Continue reading Give Yourself a Break
Longing
All of us have a longing and restlessness for something beyond our physical and emotional needs. We either try to satisfy or silence this longing, but the truth is, God has set eternity in our hearts. But what does this mean? Continue reading Longing
Yahweh-Rophe: The LORD Heals
God is concerned with our wholeness- mind, body, and soul. He has surprised me on multiple occasions by the reality that He is Yahweh-Rophe- the LORD who heals. Continue reading Yahweh-Rophe: The LORD Heals
Sleep Driving: A God Story
God is always at work in our lives. This is just one way I have noticed it in mine.
Continue reading Sleep Driving: A God Story
Restlessness Cure
For as long as I can remember now, upon heading towards bed and the potential of sleep (or not sleeping), I had been overcome by a sense of restlessness. Find out three life-changing words from God that helped me overcome it. Continue reading Restlessness Cure
Crying Rocks, Singing Stars
I used to think what a miracle it would be if stones actually cried out in worship to God (Luke 22:40). Now I know the miracle is not that the stones and rocks and stars could cry out in worship to God- but it’s that they actually do! (You don’t want to miss minute 4 of the video I share here) Continue reading Crying Rocks, Singing Stars
Yahweh Jireh: The LORD Will Provide
Reflecting on the names of God can help us know Him better and draw nearer to Him. This name of God has been speaking to some of my deepest felt needs, so I wanted to share it. I hope it encourages you as well! Continue reading Yahweh Jireh: The LORD Will Provide
The Secret to Wisdom and Knowledge
What is the secret to wisdom and knowledge? It’s source might surprise you. Find out in this video: Read more on this topic here: The Key to Both Wisdom and Knowledge Don’t forget to subscribe: You might also like: The Secret … Continue reading The Secret to Wisdom and Knowledge
Your Chrysalis Season
Are you in a season of change? Looking to re-purpose your dreams? Antsy to adapt, grow, and build character where it counts? Perhaps this is your chrysalis season. It definitely is one for me. Continue reading Your Chrysalis Season
Unfading Beauty: What Does Gentle and Quiet Really Mean?
What does “the unfading beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit” in 1 Peter mean? For the extroverted, boisterous, passionate woman, the words may seem to signify that beauty is beyond reach. For the shy, perhaps they are misleading. Let’s look at what is meant in these passages and discover hope for all women that we can depend on the LORD to work true beauty in our spirits. Continue reading Unfading Beauty: What Does Gentle and Quiet Really Mean?
Ask and It’s Yours
Matthew 7:7-8 7 “Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you. 8 For everyone who asks receives, and the one who seeks finds, and to the one who knocks … Continue reading Ask and It’s Yours
How to Walk in: Coming Before the Throne of God
When you come before the throne of the Almighty God to talk to Him, how do you start out? Do you say, “Hey Daddy!,” “Dear Heavenly Father,” “Dear Jesus”…? There are so many ways to address Him that honor Him, … Continue reading How to Walk in: Coming Before the Throne of God
Why Won’t He Ask for Directions?
You’re headed to dinner at a house you’ve never been to before, and you just can’t seem to find it. It’s not on the GPS, and you seem to be driving in circles. Only, you aren’t driving, he is. You’re already late and He won’t stop for directions. Before you get too frustrated, take a look at what is really going on here. Continue reading Why Won’t He Ask for Directions?
Love and Respect Make or Break your Marriage
Are you really communicating care to your spouse in the one way they want it most? According to the Bible and research, the answer to that question can make or break your marriage. Continue reading Love and Respect Make or Break your Marriage
Sip Life Slowly and Enjoy It
Whirling at my Normal Fast Pace The keys whirred, tap, tap, tap, rapidly as I cranked out a research paper as my right knee jittered up and down nervously. I had so much work to get done before the end of … Continue reading Sip Life Slowly and Enjoy It
Cultivating Awe
My Viewfinder is Blocked. One look at the pile of laundry, the bits of leftovers dropped from the last meal all over the floor, and the list of work/family/life stuff that I have on the docket for today, and I’m … Continue reading Cultivating Awe
Can you hear God whispering, “I love you!”?
Our Heavenly Father stoops down and whispers in our ears moment after moment, day after day, “I love you!” I wonder how often I miss His gentle call to relationship. He speaks to us through the little things- in ways … Continue reading Can you hear God whispering, “I love you!”?
Sip Life Slowly and Enjoy It 