For this Tuesday Talk link-up, I’m going to get real here. I want to share with you something I’ve never shared on this blog. In fact, my husband has challenged me to share this – and I think today is the perfect day. So many of you, my sweet friends and readers, have been on my heart these past few weeks. The Lord has convicted my heart because this isn’t MY blog, it is HIS. The words I try share here…
Three Places You Can Start Reading the Bible – TODAY Sometimes starting is the hardest part. When I wanted to run a 5k a few years ago, I started out by walking. It seemed counterintuitive to start running by walking. But I needed to warm up to a 5k. I did that by walking. Then I began walking and running intervals. Just a few minutes here and a few minutes there. After just six weeks I was running for twenty…
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….