A familiar scene The Israelites, after hundreds of years of slavery and oppression, were finally set free. As they made their way across the desert, I imagine their heads were still full of images of God’s display of power over the Egyptians as He sent one plague after another. However, after getting to camp, they… Read More When Enemies Pursue
Failure Failure. I hate that word. I don’t even like to look at it. Ugh. In my chosen “professions,” I wonder about failure a lot. My Two Jobs My “day job” is that of a homemaker and stay at home mom. What is the measure of excellence for that? How do you know if you… Read More Feelings of Failure and The Secrets to Success
Bad News In this world, there is pain. No one can argue with such a statement, because we have all experienced it in our own lives. Recently, something happened in my life that caused me quite a bit of pain. It was a hard experience for me and left me feeling bruised and battered. After… Read More Trust God with Your Pain
I struggled with postpartum depression to some degree after all three of my pregnancies. I spend the first year of my oldest daughter’s life feeling anxious, irritable, moody, and overwhelmed by life. My daughter was born just over a year after my son (whom we adopted) and I had a beautiful family; a wonderful, supportive,… Read More My Struggle with Postpartum Depression
“You shall have no other gods before me.” Deuteronomy 5:7 One of the hard things about being a stay at home mom is the loneliness that seems to come with it. There have been times I have had friends to go through this season of life with, but there has been much time in which there… Read More Loneliness