A journey in trying to live life healthily (not always succeding) while serving our Almighty God, being a helpmate to my husband, homeschooling three children, cooking from scratch (most of the time), and being transparent with my friends whom I dearly love.
Where are you in your life? Not whether you are in the diapering stage, the school-age stage, or teen stage… but where are you in your heart? Are you content with where you are, or are you seeking more? Mothering can be a tough job. We face many challenges unique to mothering as we also battle through everyday life. How can we be happy or content with so much expected of us? What can we find to make us happy and able to enjoy every stage of mothering? I have been looking for a lot of things lately to satisfy my desires. The biggest thing I have been looking for, though, is a close friend. You know, the friend you can call at a moment's notice to come over and spend time with you - to laugh, to cry, to talk, or to just sit in comfortable silence. The friend who is beside you through all your triumphs and your trials. The one who accepts you for who you are. In all my searches for happiness, recently I had my hair cut shorter and styled with a little flip in all the lay...
Most of my friends know how much ministry to moms has meant to me and my family. After seven years of participating and leading in my local group of a mom's ministry I became a field leader (volunteer staff). I recently retired from the ministry, where I served in a volunteer position representing the organization for six and half years - the final four as the leader over Kentucky and Tennessee. Through this organization my life has changed - my family has changed. We have grown. I have grown as a mom, wife, and leader. But more importantly, I grew closer to our Lord. Many of you know that God has called me to serve in other places - first in my home, secondly in my homeschool community. However, there was a bigger reason for my retiring before the end of the ministry year… a theological reason. This year the organization's leadership training incorporates teaching that I have concluded is in direct conflict with Scripture. I do not make su...
If I were given a pop quiz on car maintenance, I think I would get most of the answers right. Especially on true or false questions like the following. True/False: It is important to check the oil before driving. Yes, I think i would pass the quiz. However, my problem comes in the practical application. Did you know if you run out of oil that your car will overheat and after getting your car to the parking lot behind McDonald's you will be stranded with three children with nothing to do but to walk to McD's let them play in playhouse? Yes… It's true. And of course you will have to call a friend to get the food out of your car because it is your turn to provide the main dish for a ministry in which you are involved. Well, what could I do? I could gripe and complain and be all down about it. Or I could take the time in McD's to rest and read a good book that just happened to be in my purse (I had to take a child to a doc...
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