Category: Thoughts
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10 Questions for Moms :: my personal goals {part 2}
If you haven’t read my personal goals for questions 1-5 {and provided me with your electronic signature}, you can do that here. Or if you haven’t checked out the 10 Questions for Moms, click here. Otherwise, let’s get this show on the road. Here are my personal goals for questions 6-10: Am I intentionally discipling my…
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10 Questions for Moms :: my personal goals {part 1}
First of all, I am very thankful that the 10 Questions for Moms post has been helpful to you. My favorite thing is when you say you’re taking these questions to God in prayer. You know what? That thrills my heart. If you read posts here and are drawn to the Lord in prayer, I call…
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jolted // thoughts on eternity
On Saturday morning, I woke up discouraged. Depressed would probably be a more accurate word to use. For the past couple weeks, we’ve had a break from my husband’s school schedule. Plus, he’s had days off because of the holidays. Let’s just say I’ve enjoyed it. Immensely. Saturday was the last day off before the dreaded “normal” week…
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10 Questions for Moms in the New Year
We all know there’s nothing magical about the ‘January 1st’ date. And yet, as the year comes to a close, I always like to reflect on the past 12 months. What did I do well? What aspect of my life/schedule am I frustrated by? What do I want to change? Questions like these are helpful as I…
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christmas is for the hurting
I’ve had a hard time with Christmas this year. The lovely home tours that are usually so inspiring to me? I haven’t even looked at most of them. We decorated our home for Christmas, but I only put up about 50% of our stash. The main thing I keep thinking is “I can’t wait until this…
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lately.
After posting every day in October, I feel like I haven’t written at all here lately. And I’ve really missed it. But since writing isn’t something I have to do – like taking care of my sweet littles, cleaning toilets, and cooking is – well, I just don’t always take time for it. Anyway, I just thought I’d share…
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thankfulness :: why Jesus changes the rules
Have you ever made a thankful list? Usually we do things like that around Thanksgiving – listing out blessings from the year, perhaps recounting specific situations where God provided like I did recently. Over the last few days, I’ve been thinking through my “thankful list” for this year. The usual suspects appeared – salvation, family,…
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Jehovah Jireh :: My God Provides
2 weeks ago, I packed the 3 kids up and we headed to Salvation Army to look for tops for Anna Grace. I was specifically searching for hooded sweaters. However, since it’s kind of a hit-or-miss store, I didn’t find any I loved. We walked out with some super cute stuff {like the sweater she’s wearing…