I’m sitting at my dining room table, thinking about my son, who is across the country from our family right now. He is at camp about to go to another nation and continent to spread the message of Christ. We…
Resilience is an important character trait to learn. The ability to recover quickly from challenging situations has great payoffs in life. I’ve always called this “bounce back ability” and have tried to teach my kids how to do this, because,…
Philippians 4:8 Finally, brothers and sisters, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable—if anything is excellent or praiseworthy—think about such things. I love this verse so much! It reminds me of everything I want to exude, but so often fail to. Thinking about the things God recommends…
The mouth is such a small yet powerful thing. Communication connects us and can build up or tear down. But how do we tame the tongue and take control of our words? What fruit do we want our tongue to…
The comparison game we all play when looking at others is always a losing game. You already know this. Compared to friends, family, and even strangers, we come up short every time and begin to doubt ourselves. Low self-esteem soon follows. But…
Today during church, the Pastor said something which caught my attention and got me thinking. When Jesus’ tomb was found empty, the first reaction was to think his body had been stolen. How do we arrive at the assumptions we…
God gives us lots of opportunities to learn lessons…until we get it, it’s gonna feel like Ground hog day! Yep, we’ve all been there…the same annoying things seem to keep happening to us. But why? Why does our life feel…
Since Covid hit (don’t even get me started on THAT one), many of us have seen some pretty significant changes in our lives. As a homeschooler married to an essential worker, our daily life hasn’t changed much at all, however,…
