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how results-driven moms can celebrate progress

I’m the kind of girl that reads the ending of the book first. I love checking things off my to do list. I’m somehow annoyed by the process … I just want to get to the result. Closure and completion means that I’ve been efficient and productive. As a recovering people pleaser and perfectionist, that feels good to my “I have to perform” tendencies. Particularly since I’ve become a mother, those “completion” moments have been in short supply. Being a mom means many unending tasks: disciplining children, helping with schoolwork, cleaning the house, giving instructions… The list itself is endless. This used to …

Are You Discouraged?

“I know where she is,” a friend recently told me in relation to a loved one. “See, she’s here.” I watched as she pulled up the “Find My Friends” app on her phone. We decided to add each other as “friends” so we could see where each other is during the day and pray for one another. I became amazed and ABSORBED with the app. I could watch my friend drive down the highway; know she was at Walmart and when she returned home. I switched to myself and saw the blue satellite “bling” and follow me to work, the cleaners, and …

Why God Is Sometimes Silent & How You Can Hear His Voice – Part 3

For those of you who are just joining this series on the seasons of God’s silence, I want you to know I treasure your emails and comments. Your emails remind me there’s a reason this is one of the topics I speak on often. It’s because we’ve all been baffled by those seasons of silence when our prayers seem to hit the ceiling and God feels so far away. But God never allows us to experience His silence by mistake. In Part 1, we discovered that sometimes God seems silent because our lives are just so loud. We allow ourselves to become so busy …

Why God Is Sometimes Silent & How You Can Hear His Voice – Part 2

Yesterday, I mentioned that WHEN GOD IS SILENT is a topic I’m frequently asked to speak on because it is where we all live. But it also seems to be one of the top five posts I’ve ever written in terms of hits. Such a loud and clear message about where so many women are… wondering where God is… wondering if He cares. Have you been wondering where God is – wondering if He cares? This series of posts gives you some answers! Click To Tweet My heart hurts with each one who feels far from God or is in a desperate …

Why Is God Sometimes Silent & How Can We Hear His Voice?

Hey sweet moms! I was thinking of you today and wondering how many of you are struggling to hear from God in some are of your life. “WHEN GOD IS SILENT” is one of the messages I’m frequently asked to speak on because it’s an evergreen topic we have all had to walk through at some time or another. Maybe you’re there now. We’ve all been there. The place where we are desperate to hear from God or to see Him move in our circumstances, but it seems as though our prayers hit the ceiling and our hearts feel far from …

OUT OF CONTROL AND LOVING IT – by Amy Carroll

Today, I’m excited to have a special guest with us who has just written a book you will definitely want to get! Her name is Amy Carroll, and she is also graciously offering to give away a copy of her new book for one blessed winner! All you have to do to enter to win is comment on today’s post. You have until Wednesday at 12pm to comment for a chance to win, and the winner will be announced in Saturday’s post. “It’s a good day when the water on the bathroom floor isn’t higher than the top of your sandals,” …

The ABC’s of Vacation Bible School

I was born into a family where “vacation,” “Bible” and “school” didn’t go together. Before my parents began a relationship with Jesus, the Bible was a way to ruin our vacation! But once our family learned about God’s plan for moms, dads and kids, summer became a special window of opportunity to grow in faith. It’s a season when signs start popping up on street corners advertising “Vacation Bible School” for kids. If you haven’t been part of a church community for long, you might wonder why VBS should get prime real estate on your summer family calendar. What’s so …

20 Memory Making Ideas for Summertime Fun

“There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under heaven” Ecclesiastes 3:1 I love the summer! How about you? Everything is alive and lively. The days are longer, the air smells sweeter, the kids are out of school and it’s time to play! Unfortunately, when my children were young, I often found school was knocking on the door of our summer fun before we really got to enjoy the season that seemed to all-too-quickly slip through our fingers. Making memories with our kids means we have to intentionally plan our days; purposely putting some things on …

Here’s a little something we’re working on for YOU! (Because We’re All BETTER TOGETHER)

Do you REALLY believe that two are better than one? That we are all BETTER TOGETHER? Have you experienced the joy of the journey that comes with fostering a real friendship? If you haven’t, would you like to? Life is so much better when we walk through each season together! That’s why we are finalizing the details of offering CHURCH HOSTED BETTER TOGETHER CONFERENCES! If you were in Jacksonville when we held our first BETTER TOGETHER conference, you discovered how one event can change your life and give you strength to go the next step, take the next breath and fully enter …

Happy INDEPENDENCE DAY from The MOM Initiative!

Happy Independence Day! When I think of the 4th of July, I think of the passionate people who sacrificed so much to secure our freedoms. I think about the men and women who were willing to sacrifice their homes, their safety and their lives to assure that future generations would be free. But, I also think about how Jesus came to give us the ultimate freedom…the freedom from sin. I think about our independence IN Christ and our dependence ON Christ. And my heart turns to the generation that depends on us to pass down the freedom that was so …

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