When There Is Too Much Pain in the World

Friendship

Cancer. Death. Sickness. No answer. More waiting. Surgeries. Heartache of a magnitude my soul had never felt. The news was divesting. Babies dissected alive. Families torn apart. When there is too much pain in the world, how do you look beyond yourself and DO something about it? You can’t enter into the grief of ALL the people in the world…..but there are people in your life who are hurting and need your comfort. I’m not sure what possessed me to pick up the book Rare…

Six Things I Want My Children to Learn

Motherhood

For this school year, I want my children to learn more than math, reading, science, and how to spell. I want to teach them… 1. I love them. We have this thing, my kids and I. No matter where we are, or what we are doing, I will sometimes take a deep breath and gasp, “Guess what!?” Usually they will stop and say, “What?” with a hushed expectancy. I can see their little minds working….Are we in trouble? Is she going to surprise us…

Monday Morning Blues {4}

Motherhood

 Just Breathe Deep…..just breathe in all that GOD is….. Psalm 46 God is our refuge and strength,     always ready to help in times of trouble. 2 So we will not fear when earthquakes come     and the mountains crumble into the sea. 3 Let the oceans roar and foam.     Let the mountains tremble as the waters surge! Interlude 4 A river brings joy to the city of our God,     the sacred home of the Most High. 5 God dwells in that city; it cannot be destroyed….

Waiting Wednesdays {2}

Faith

  Do you want to hear a lie that most women believe? It is lie from Christian women, secular women, and ultimately it is a lie Satan wants you to believe. The lie is I am enough. Mothers and women everywhere know that our deepest fear in life is that we are not enough. We cannot be good enough. Smart enough. Beautiful enough. Loving enough. Doing enough. So, we tell ourselves and our daughters, sisters, mothers, and friends that we are…