What No Mom Wants to Talk About

Don’t TV stations do a great job of pulling you to a must see show? I had seen the ads for Tyra and knew it was one I didn’t want to miss. In her very frank way, the talk show host was dragging all “private” issues out in the open as she interviewed a panel of teen girls. The topic: sexting. The surprise guests: their mothers. Wow were they surprised as these moms heard their thirteen, fourteen and fifteen-year-old girls talk freely of the explicit language and NUDE pictures they regularly exchange with their friends. The shock on the mothers’ faces proved they had …

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What I Didn’t Want My Girls to Know About Dating

  When it came to guys and dating as a young women, did you feel like you went at it alone? No one gave you any direction on figuring the whole thing out? My youth pastor tried. He told me to make out “my list” – …the one with all of the qualities I was going to look for in a guy. Wow, was that one long list! Faithful Honest Stable Hard-working Kind Funny… With my list in my head and in my heart, I began the search. What someone failed to tell me was when you’re 19 years old, finding …

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Don’t Trash Your Confidence  ~ by Lynn Cowell  

  “Mary responded, “I am the Lord’s servant. May everything you have said about me come true.” And then the angel left her.” Luke 1:38 (NLT) No. No. No. Every email I received said the same thing, only in different words. We don’t publish that type of book. We don’t publish writers we don’t know. We won’t publish you. Lord, I’m not sure I can take one more rejection. Each publisher’s rejection wanted to seep into my heart.  I wanted crawled in bed to cry; and I did many days. Why would God ask me to do something good, yet allow a process that …

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Could Our Best Plans Not Be the Best? ~ by Lynn Cowell

  My dream left me feelings frighten and shaky. I knew it wasn’t real, yet anxiety filled my heart. My daughter had gotten married and I had played no part it. Not in the proposal, not in the planning. No part whatsoever. In my dream, I was a guest in the back of the church, watching. As her favorite music began to play, my mind began to swirl. “My girl is getting married! Why am I just sitting here?” Rushing to the bride’s room, I found her. Her bridal outfit was a reflection of her unique style; completely different from …

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See Coming Before It’s Coming & a GIVEAWAY ~ by Lynn Cowell

 Happy Monday! This is Stephanie and I’m super excited to share with you about Lynn Cowell’s new book, Magnetic! It’s definitely a MUST READ and Lynn is graciously giving away a copy to one blessed commenter to this post! SOOOOO… before you dive into today’s power-packed post by Lynn, let me tell you how you can enter to win.  ENTER TO WIN MAGNETIC: Packed with honesty, encouragement and perspective-changing truth Magnetic, by Lynn Cowell, will empower girls and young woman to reach their fullest potential by focusing on becoming who God made them to be! A girl who reflects God’s love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, …

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Changing Our Position for a New Perspective ~ by Lynn Cowell

  My heart was broken again; my crush crushing me.  I remember questioning: Why, God? Why not him? Why break up now? When God asked me to choose Him over him, my young heart obeyed, but not without a struggle. Lacking history with God, I hadn’t yet experienced the blessings of obedience. So I obeyed and hoped God knew what He was doing. Through the breakups and broken hearts, God was moving me to a new place where He could reveal a side of Him I hadn’t experienced. I had to move “out of love” with a boyfriend in order to move …

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Are You Tired of Praying the Same Prayers? ~ by Lynn Cowell

Exhausted.  Tired.  I debated whether or not to update my Facebook status to reflect how I really felt. What would others think if I posted, “Just not having a good day. I’m tired of praying these same prayers!” Not every day is a good day. This day was especially hard as I held my prayer journal. I thought, I just don’t have it in me to pray those prayers again. I’m exhausted, worn out. I might be able to read my Bible, but pray? Not today. I decided to go for it; share the reality of my emotional state on Facebook. …

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Psalms and Cell Phones?

Today I am so happy to share with you my precious partner in ministry, Bonnie Wallace. She is so gracious to work alongside me, in whatever way I need. She does it with a smile; expecting nothing in return. Listen to the wise words from this beautiful mother of 5.  Lynn Cowell …be filled by the Spirit: speaking to one another in psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs, singing and making music from your heart to the Lord, Ephesians 5:18-19  I am a mama of five and I have four older teens living in my home.  I’ve been training my children …

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When Life Doesn’t Go As Planned ~ by Lynn Cowell

“A man had two sons. The younger of them said to his father, ‘Father, give me the share of the estate that falls to me.’ So he divided his wealth between them. And not many days later, the younger son gathered everything together and went on a journey into a distant country, and there he squandered his estate with loose living.” Luke 15:11-13 (NASB) Go to that movie? No way! I had already seen the movie previews, and made up my mind. No child of mine was going to see that show. I had decided well before he asked the …

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Do You Hear Him? ~ by Lynn Cowell

Do You Hear Him? With a very busy day ahead of me, a dark cloud of stress hung overhead. Having written my “to-do” list, I asked the Holy Spirit to help me hear His timeline so I could get it all done! Tackling number one, I felt a nudge on my heart, “Start with worshipping Me.” I don’t really have time for that, Lord! But peace came as I made a decision to start the day right. Setting my list aside, I turned on worship music in my living room. As I listened to scriptures woven throughout the lyrics, I saw again how …

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