I generally avoid Proverbs 31 and its ideal woman, do you? It conjurs up feelings of deficiency: No, I don’t wake up early–not willingly. My children don’t yet rise up and call me blessed (tired and frustrated maybe). I don’t sew very often. I don’t run a thriving business. I like to stay up late, but usually not to work. So when my pastor chose to preach a sermon on Proverbs 31 this past Mother’s Day Sunday, I was...
The girls and I have been working on these memory verses the last few weeks, so I thought I’d share printables for you to use too! You can download them by clicking here:As in Adam/1 Corinthians 15:22For by Grace/Ephesians 2:8-9My printables are free for your personal use! If you like this, you can get these posts in your inbox by signing up HERE! You’ll also receive news of any specials and deals in my Etsy shop.
You know how you read God’s Word, but it doesn’t really sink in? You’re thinking, I know this is really profound, but it just isn’t changing my life right now. What am I doing wrong? I feel like that a lot. But God’s Word is not a dead book for me to figure out all by myself: “For the word of God is living and active, sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing to the division of soul and of spirit, of joints and of...
More from my middle child (If you missed the first installment, you can check it out here): . . . Anna: “My little girl needs to be feeded. She likes her mommy’s bottle.” (And proceeds to sit on the rocking chair next to mine and nurse her baby just like mommy). . . . Anna: “What’s that smell in the air? Oh, I forgot. It’s my baby. She pooped in her diaper.” (Three year olds love the word “poop.”)...
In 2000, I had graduated and completed four years at a wonderfully small Christian college (Gardner-Webb University), full of cherished friends, late-night talks, movie nights with lots of M&M’s . . . and, oh, a wonderful education too. But they didn’t let me stay once I finished my degree, so I was cruelly catapulted into the real world of student loans, work, and living in the dark corner of my parent’s unfinished basement. For me, this was a recipe...
Well, baby brother has finally arrived and we are loving him! Silas James was born last week and we are all in the throes of adjusting to life with five, each in our own way. We are keeping a newborn’s sleeping schedule and spending lots of time staring at this sweet face. It’s noon andI’m still in jammies as I write and nurse this guy. The girls are watching Wild Kratts, their current favorite, My now-middle child has a...
“Forever is composed of nows,” wrote Emily Dickinson. My life is made up of these nows that make up forever, so I thought I’d share a collection of recent ones today. This collection reminds me that, although my life seems mostly crazy and challenging, it is full of beauty to celebrate and thank God for. Psalm 90:12 “Teach us to number our days, that we may gain a heart of wisdom.” my drawing princess I think there’s some theology...
