Heart Check Holidays Part 1

The holiday season is a time for such joy and love as we prepare to celebrate the greatest example we have for Holy. Then why is holiday stress a thing? Why do we seem snippy and inpatient in the moments that should be joyful? There are so many answers to those however a few that…

Seventy-Seven Times Over

"Can you please forgive me?" I tell my husband after a morning of waking up on the wrong side of the bed and not being the kindest person to him. It's a phrase I've said many a times to him. It's also a phrase he has said many a times to me. It's always followed…

Needing Our Father

There is a deep need we feel in times of distress that can only be fulfilled by our Father. In the same breath there is a need that we feel when we are content that can only be met by our Father. Our youngest daughter does not yet sleep through the night at almost 8…

Equipping a Generation in the Presence of Fear

Fun fact: I'm terrified of scary movies. I've learned as my walk grew with Christ how to attack that fear head on. However, as a child, I struggled. I've written on fear before. How the spirit of fear comes up and how to attack it in our lives. Today I want to gear my writing…

Praying for my School Age Daughter

I’ve spent a lot of time praying over our oldest daughter in recent weeks. She begins her public school journey next week and I fully admit I’m fearful. What if she gets picked on? What if she falls into picking on someone? What if someone gossips about her? What if she gets hurt and I’m…