Less than a week until Thanksgiving ... just over a month until Christmas. Perhaps your calendar looks a little bit like mine ... c.r.a.z.y. But, before the mayhem begins, I'd like to share with you four ideas for staying focused on what really matters during this holiday season. Read the Gospel of Luke during December. There are 24 chapters so reading a chapter a day takes you through the life of Christ before we celebrate His birth. Involve your family in the decisions. Ask each ... [Read More]
10 Thanksgiving Stocking Ideas
Today I want to share one of our favorite holiday traditions … the Thanksgiving stocking!! Each year to kick off the actual Christmas season, we give Thanksgiving stockings. Given after the Thanksgiving meal is cleaned up and everyone is ready for a nap – except the children! – these stockings contain the most wonderful assortment of goodies. We figured out early in our marriage that it is no fun to give Christmas ornaments and such on Christmas because you cannot enjoy them through the ... [Read More]
Beautifully Devastating
Angie Smith is amazing. When she spoke last year at a conference I attended, I was moved beyond words. Giving expression to the depths of despair and the heights of hope, she reminds us to trust God with the hurts and sorrows and longings of our hearts. This past weekend at the dotMom conference she described motherhood as "beautifully devastating." Oh my word! Isn't that exactly right? Devastate means "to lay waste" ... oh y'all, isn't that just what motherhood does to us? It lays ... [Read More]
How Are You Building?
By wisdom a house is built, and by understanding it is established. By knowledge the rooms are filled with all precious and pleasant riches. Proverbs 24:3-4 (emphasis added) How are you building your house today? {image: microsoft clip art} ... [Read More]
For the Mothers … All of Them
As Mother's Day draws near, may I share from my heart a piece of encouragement? For the Mothers For those who have longed for a child of their own and will stay home from church today because it's too hard - may your heart be cradled by the God who LOVES you. For those who mourn the child they have lost - may your tears be captured the God who SEES you. For those who are bleary-eyed and exhausted from late-night feedings and too-early cries - may your strength be renewed by ... [Read More]
Simple Blogging
Sorry ... this hit my feed before I actually wrote the post. I was up late last night watching a little football. You might remember that I'm a bit of a fan for a team that played in the national championship last night. Today, I'll be ordering this ... War Eagle, y'all! So proud of my Tigers!! Now, on to the real post ... I'm sharing today about some simple blogging schedules and routines over at Gather Inspirit. If you have a hard time thinking of what to write or getting into a ... [Read More]
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