Encouraging women to face the challenges of life with the hope of Christ.
What is better – to continue to love but risk the ache from the bitter slashes of hurt and betrayal or build a wall of steel and never love deeply again? Early in my life, like so many of us, I learned about the sting of rejection and careless words….
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My mom would sit alongside me as I lay tucked in my bed. Each night she would pull out one of my two favorite children’s Bibles and with her beautiful German accent, read a story to me. Then, together we would pray the Children’s Prayer. Now I lay me down…
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Becoming Me Raising our babies is hard work. Making the right decisions weighs heavily no matter the season. Whether we are figuring out how to get them into a healthy sleeping pattern when they’d rather stay up all night and sleep all day, or we are handing over the car…
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As I walked away from my friend, I felt that familiar ache in my heart. Another time … another relationship … another situation that hurt. Rejection. Betrayal. I knew in my mind we live in a broken world and immunity from that brokenness isn’t part of the program. But that…
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A healthy Mom knows she is loved. Bold, I know. Yet true. But first let me explain … We see it multiple times every day. You know. Perfect family. Beautiful house. Beach body. Stylish outfit. Lots of friends and likes. Life is difficult already, yet today we are inundated with…
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I don’t remember the exact situation. Probably because my two preschool aged boys were offending one another SO OFTEN! I honestly believe, on some days, they squabbled more often than not. Teaching them how to apologize and then extend grace in forgiveness was important to me because I knew it…
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Authenticity. It’s a word we hear a lot these days. I think it’s something our souls long for. Yet, in the world in which we live, it is not something easily found. Rather, it’s something well hidden – from ourselves and from others. It’s an age where media and…
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I remember when I met Jesus in a different way.A way that opened my eyes to the mystery of His all-encompassing love. It was when I began learning the hurt inflicted by others couldn’t measure up to the love and healing offered by Christ. In reading this, then, you will…
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Success is a gift. When we find that sweet spot of passion and gifting, it’s exhilarating. But success can be toxic, too. It can lead us down paths we never meant to take. Ones that lead far away from the One who calls us His. The one who calls us…
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