For Tired Mommies Everywhere

For Tired Mommies Everywhere

In my house, Nurse Mom sees plenty of nighttime action. My kids wake at midnight from coughing fits and scary dreams. They tiptoe to my bedroom in pitch darkness to inform me they need to go potty. They crawl out of bed in tears because they can’t find a favorite stuffed animal tucked deep beneath the covers. They expect me to find it. They talk in their sleep. They bump their heads on the wall. They’re thirsty. So they tap my shoulder at 2:00 a.m. asking for fresh water. Sometimes they just want to know if it’s morning yet and …

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MATRIARCHS: Salome. You take the good, you take the bad…

Welcome to Week 11 of MATRIARCHS! Study God’s Word with us online or use them in your small group or Sunday School class!  Each lesson includes: Teaching video every Monday (15-20 minutes) Short lesson provided as the content of the post In-depth downloadable PDF to deepen your study Worksheets that take you even deeper ALL LESSONS ARE FREE AND YOU CAN MAKE AS MANY COPIES AS YOU’D LIKE! Week 1: Eve – A Mother Like No Other Week 2: Sarah – Mother of Nations Week 3: Rebekah – Mothering Through Barrenness Week 4: Mary – Stubbornly Inflexible or Sacredly Flexible Week 5: Naomi – Not …

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Silencing Those “Bad Mom” Whispers

I couldn’t seem to shake them — those “bad mom” whispers in my head. As I raised my children, they became a familiar companion — constantly reminding me of my mothering inadequacy. When I couldn’t seem to get my kids to school on time: “A good mom would set better consequences and this wouldn’t be a problem.” When I lost my temper: “See? You blew it again. What a great example for your kids.” When I disappointed one of my children: “This is what they will remember about you. All the times you screwed up.” When I gave in when I should have stood firm: “You …

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Don’t Hit the Panic Button — All Is Well!

2 Kings 4:26. “. . . ‘Is it well with you? Is it well with your husband? Is it well with the child?’ And she answered, ‘It is well.’”  How do you respond when things in your world fall apart? The natural reaction is to panic when disaster strikes, but what if there were another response? Raising godly children in this culture is not an easy job. The distractions of the media, school requirements, reading material, dress styles, and even the influence of friends and peers can wreak havoc on our attempts to keep them safe and God-focused. In considering …

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Moms, the Pot Culture, and What You Need to Know

It’s actually legal in 23 states. Not just medical marijuana, but smoking weed (often under the guise of ‘medical’ use) has been legalized in 23 states and the pressure is on to legalize it nation wide. But just because something is legal doesn’t mean it’s good. #PotCulture @themominitiativ Click To Tweet Unfortunately, medical marijuana isn’t so ‘medical’ and the distribution of it has little or nothing to do with doctors, pharmacology or a prescription written to a patient for a medical need. The term, medical marijuana, is loosely used to give pot smokers the ability to grow and possess certain amounts of …

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MATRIARCHS: Elizabeth – Mom Knows Best or God Knows Best?

Welcome to Week 10 of MATRIARCHS! Study God’s Word with us online or use them in your small group or Sunday School class!  Each lesson includes: Teaching video every Monday (15-20 minutes) Short lesson provided as the content of the post In-depth downloadable PDF to deepen your study Worksheets that take you even deeper ALL LESSONS ARE FREE AND YOU CAN MAKE AS MANY COPIES AS YOU’D LIKE! Week 1: Eve – A Mother Like No Other Week 2: Sarah – Mother of Nations Week 3: Rebekah – Mothering Through Barrenness Week 4: Mary – Stubbornly Inflexible or Sacredly Flexible Week 5: Naomi – Not …

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Parenting Tips to Help Your Family Remember God

“My kids are driving me crazy. I’ve tried everything . . . reasoning with them, yelling at them, taking away privileges, sending them to their rooms. Nothing is helping! My husband and I are exhausted and frustrated and on the verge of losing it.” That’s a paraphrase of one mom’s cry for help on Facebook. She was so desperate that she aired her parenting problems to the world and admitted she and her husband were close to the breaking point. All their usual parenting efforts had failed, and I could tell that she felt like a failure as a parent. …

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Safe and Sound, That’s Where I’m Found!

The snow had been falling for hours, late into the evening, and the news reports were riddled with stories of car accidents, closed roads, and events cancelled due to the weather. I turned off the television. Inside, I was struggling with a spiritual storm of my own. I was just lost in it. Ever felt like that? My heart was aching over something I had no power to fix, and I was doubting that God even cared anymore. In fact, I was sure He didn’t care. But in a last ditch effort to ask for mercy, and for God to …

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Something New Emerging for Praying Grandparents in 2016

  I am the National Prayer Director for Christian Grandparenting Network, and I have a dream to form a movement of A Million Praying Grandparents who will commit to pray intentionally and regularly for their grandchildren and their parents. I want to share my dream/passion with you because I believe you too, share my concern for our grandchildren growing up in the broken world we live in today. The mission of Christian Grandparenting Network is to mobilize grandparents throughout the world to commit to pray daily for their grandchildren and their grandchildren’s parents. In Christian Living Today, a magazine for …

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MATRIARCHS: A Bible Study About Moms and for Moms – This is a life-changing Bible study for moms of ALL ages

MATRIARCHS… the women who went before us… those who paved he way for you and me. From them  we learn how to live and how not to live… how to navigate life, honor God, raise our children to know Him, and leave  legacy worth following. You are invited to study God’s Word with us online or use them in your small group or Sunday School class!  Each lesson includes: Teaching video every Monday (15-20 minutes) Short lesson provided as the content of the post In-depth downloadable PDF to deepen your study Worksheets that take you even deeper ALL LESSONS ARE …

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