Choose Best Over Good

Welcome to Day 13 of 31 Ways to Embrace Lopsided Living! Well, hello! Guess what?? Sometimes when you're writing a blog series you are passionate about and finishing a book manuscript you are also passionate about and you live with people who have lives they are passionate about ... sometimes things get a little bit chaotic. And sometimes in the chaos, a blog post doesn't get written when you planned and instead you oversleep and are frantically writing it two hour after it's normally ... [Read More]

Be Where You Are!

Welcome to Day 12 of 31 Ways to Embrace Lopsided Living!   Do you have a hard time truly being present? This is one area where I really struggle.  Because I'm one of those constantly thinking types of people, it can be hard for me to stop the ever-churning thoughts in my head and give my full attention to what is going on right in front of me. Maybe you have a similar struggle? It could be because we wear so many hats. It could be because there really is always something ... [Read More]

Lopsided Living: Embrace the Season You’re In

Welcome to Day 11 of 31 Ways to Embrace Lopsided Living! Do you ever get frustrated or tired of the season you're in? Of course you do! We all do. My sixteen-year-old daughter is ready to graduate from high school and start college. Scott and I teach the college and career Sunday school class at our church ... and all of the young adults in our class are ready to be done with college and start "real life." The singles want to be married. The young married want kids. The moms of ... [Read More]

Lopsided Living Recognizes Adding Anything Affects Everything

Welcome to Day 10 of 31 Simple Ways to Embrace Lopsided Living! Several years ago I finally had to admit a harsh truth about myself:  I’m a control freak. My need for perfection, to be seen as capable, to never disappoint, and the desire for approval were destroying me ... and they were costing me more than realized. I spent a lot of time studying Scripture relating to biblical womanhood, priorities, and my identity in Christ. In fact, I spent the better part of two years digging deep ... [Read More]

We are works in process {and that’s okay!}

Today I want to share a verse I've found encouraging in my Lopsided Living journey. AND I AM SURE OF THIS, THAT HE WHO BEGAN A GOOD WORK IN YOU WILL BRING IT TO COMPLETION IN THE DAY OF CHRIST JESUS. PHILIPPIANS 1:6 Philippians is probably my favorite book of the Bible. Paul's four-chapter letter to the church at Philippi is full of vital truth for us as believers.  And I love that he begins here, with this statement of two things: God is doing a good work in the lives of His children. ... [Read More]

Lopsided Living Values Progress over Perfection

Welcome to Day 8 of 31 Simple Ways to Embrace Lopsided Living! On Saturdays, I'll be recapping the week's posts and sharing a overarching principle of Lopsided Living. We began our journey by recognizing there is a better way to live a fuller life. From there John 10:10 helped us understand in Christ we have abundance, not scarcity. We spent five days looking at five truths of Lopsided Living: Begin with Loving God Most Understand how to Live at Rest Locate & Use ... [Read More]