There are things in life that reveal the inner depths of who we really are and what we really believe. Usually, it’s the difficult, painful, and scary trials, those things that are out of our control. We may question whether or not we ever really had it together. What do you do when fear and […]
How To Handle It When People Let You Down
So often life doesn’t go the way we planned. We all go through difficulties. We all get sick. Sometimes we end up in those unexpected places that are lonely, painful, and seemingly impossible to walk through alone. It’s easy to expect the people in our lives to come alongside us and help us out. But […]
How to Handle the Unexpected Things in Life
I’m sure you, like me, have gone through seasons where everything seems to go wrong. Literally, one thing after another happens! Those seasons can either break us or build us. Sometimes, the pressure is too much, the severity of suffering is too deep, we break and it takes a long time to regain strength. It […]
5 Things to Remember When Life Gets Hard
Let’s face it, life is hard! Sometimes horrible things happen to us and somehow we get caught completely off guard. No one ever wants to say it out loud but we feel bad for others when bad things happen to them while secretly hoping it never happens to us! Most of us don’t plan for […]
When Mom Guilt & Chronic Illness Collide
If you’re a mom I would guess that at one time or another you’ve felt “mom guilt”. You know, mom guilt, like when you disciplined your child only to find out later he didn’t do what you thought he did. Or when you forgot a very important activity and your child had her heart set […]
What You Need To Know and Do When Tough Times Hit
It’s inevitable that we’re going to face tough times in our lives. In fact, we’re all living in one of three places in life. We are either living in a trial right now, coming out of one or about to go into one! The most important thing about walking through these difficult times is how […]
God’s Love In The Refining Fires
Recently a dear friend asked me to share what God has shown me through a recent time of stretching. This time of stretching wasn’t as big of a deal for me as times in the past. Often we can go through difficulties and trials with dread and we feel as though we’re being punished, but […]
Am I Really Failing At Motherhood?
Mother’s Day is this weekend, have you noticed how we’re bombarded with advertisements and tear jerking commercials of what always appears to me “the perfect Mom” with her loving children who shower her with expensive gifts and sappy cards. I don’t know about you but this doesn’t do a whole lot for my confidence level […]
He Restores My Soul
At the end of every church service our pastor stands before the congregation and blesses us with this: “We don’t know what the next seven days will bring, but until we meet again, may God bless you and keep you, may He make His face shine on you, may He fill you with strength and […]
