Need Help With Prayer? Today I’m sharing over on the wonderful site of “Living by Design Ministries.” A growing prayer life cannot blossom if we do not do the work…..A few years ago I decided it was necessary for me to dedicate a specific time each day to spend in prayer. It was time for me to begin cultivating a prayer life. It took me months to find a good rhythm. Each day I had the choice of getting up…
How You Can’t Miss Out On Your Life FOMO. Do you have it? The fear of missing out can be a very subtle pull in our hearts. The working moms fear they are missing out on the small moments at home. The stay-at-home moms are afraid of being less-than by a world consumed with productivity. One of the lies loneliness will tell us is we are missing out on our life. Loneliness sometimes causes us to feel less-than, left-out, and…
One Way to Lift Your Loneliness Surely I was the only mom who felt this way. My husband had to practically push me into the shower to wash up. “We are going out for dinner.” He told me after arriving home to see me a teary mess. Our newborn son lay in his crib, finally asleep after hours of crying. Being a new mom, I didn’t want to leave him but I also wanted to run away. The crying was…
What to Do When We Are Lonely This is an excerpt from my new book, Lessons in the Desert. How can our lives be so busy and yet so lonely? Even with a home literally filled with noise, I often feel the ache of loneliness in my heart until I pick up my Bible and read it. When I read God’s words to me, I remember that I’m never alone when I’m with my Savior. I grew up in a…