Make room in your heart for Him in the coming year. Sorrow is sure to come, but so is comfort. It is found in friendship, His Word, and a deep relationship with the Father. May you find through the hard there is good. There is always good because God is ready to make all things new. Let this new year begin a new chapter in your life. My prayer for you, sweet friend, is this: Dear Jesus, O Almighty King,…
**This post contains affiliate links. Each year I plan out my goals. Last year I focused on my prayer life. I did a challenge in September, and I did great during the challenge, but afterward, back to my old habit of NOT praying. I would buy prayer journals, make lists, but nothing stuck. This year I am going to use the entire year to focus on prayer. This year I’m not going to give up, and last year was different….
How To Be Ready for The New Year Do you dread January? January seems to get us all excited for resolutions, goals, dreams, planning, and new beginnings. I’m all for fresh starts, but sometimes I just don’t know where to start? Do you ever feel this way? I want to change (oh how I want to change), but how? I know I need to eat better and move more, but how I can implement a plan I know will work?…
Honest mom moment: I didn’t do ONE day of advent readings with my kids. Oh my goodness. I am so embarrassed. I usually love reading either the Jesse Tree Advent* or Ann Voskamp’s book. This year, we will probably read this book to help us see how Jesus’ birth fits into the whole Bible. But it will be this weekend, probably Christmas Eve. Christmas sometimes gets us all feeling guilty. We make crazy gingerbread houses, ornaments with handprints, and popsicle stick nativities….