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Bite Your Tongue

My dear brothers and sisters, take note of this: Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak and slow to become angry, James 1:19 NIV Sometimes it is better for everyone involved if you just bite your tongue. Oh, I know, it’s not easy to do and believe me, this is something that I struggle with as a mom, wife…and well, as a person, but hear me on this- there is strength in not saying everything that comes to your mind. There is strength in not saying everything that comes to your mind. Bite Your Tongue. Click To …

Is Your Girl Dieting?

In my interactions with moms, many have shared with me that this really is a scary topic; one many even see as taboo to some degree. I truly believe God when He tells us in James 1:5, “If any of you lacks wisdom, you should ask God, who gives generously to all without finding fault, and it will be given to you.” He can give us the wisdom we need to speak truth and life into our children, even about those oh-so-tough topics like body image! You might be thinking, “My daughter is young; I don’t need to be thinking …

Helping Your Child Grow Through Trials

James 1:2-4 “Consider it all joy, my brethren, when you encounter various trials, knowing that the testing of your faith produces endurance. And let endurance have its perfect result, so that you may be perfect and complete, lacking nothing.” Mark Twain once said, “Good judgment is the result of experience . . . and experience is often the result of bad judgment.” Isn’t it true that a lot of what we have learned has come from mistakes we have made and difficulties we have endured? I can look back at times in my life and see the growth I’ve personally …

Hold On Loosely, Don’t Give Up Hope

Moms of teenagers and adult children, oh how I would love to pull up a chair beside you, pour a cup of coffee and commiserate over this new season of parenting you’re in. It’s not an easy transition by any means but I’m hoping that as we sit and visit that you and I both will learn a little bit about how to hold on loosely in this season when you feel like giving up hope. Chances are if you are a child of the 80’s, you’ll remember a song from the band 38 special called, “Hold On Loosely.” In …

No Time for Hurry!

“Dear woman, that’s not our problem,” Jesus replied. “My time has not yet come” (John 2:4 NLT). Hurry. Hurry! Hurry!! Life is so often a big hurry! After our children are born we can’t wait for them to sleep through the night. Then we are anxious for them to sit up. Then to crawl. Then to walk. It is so exciting to watch for the next milestone in their development, but often we look too far into the future. It is easy to push our children along too quickly without waiting for God’s timing. When my first son, Luke, was a …

Top 5 Ways to Become a Foolish Mom

No one starts out their parenting journey determined to make a foolish mess out of things. But just for fun, what if we did? What would it look like to strive to become a foolish mom? Here are the top 5 ways to become a foolish mom on this April Fools’ Day: Click To Tweet Give no thought to eternity. Live each day without considering tomorrow. Refuse to think about your eternal soul which will give an account of your life. Live for today…take as much as you can from everyone around you NOW. Ignore the verse, “Look carefully then …

Sexy to Natural Dolls Are Eye Opener

Sexy Bratz Dolls. Goth Barbies. I looked in shock at the dolls a man selected for a “gift” for a child. “What in the WORLD?” I wondered. Why would anyone give a horrid looking doll to a little girl? It never occurred to me that perhaps his wife or partner dressed that way. I assumed the dolls represented the shows they enjoyed. But today, I had a wake up call. The National Center on Sexual Exploitation’s “thank you for boycotting Fifty Shades of Grey” email arrived, and it had an interesting link: Desexualizing Dolls to Protect Minors. Kelly Orgill, NCSE Intern, spotlighted Sonja …

Attention Boy Moms! Make Room In Your Heart For Their Special Girl

Copyright: Olena Bilion / 123RF Stock Photo Attention boy moms, there’s going to come a time when you need to make room in your heart for your son’s special girl. Ouch, I know, that’s a tough one, especially if you have little boys at home right now. As a matter of fact it took me a long time to wrap my head (and my heart) around this, but I’m hoping that through my trial and error your transition might be a little smoother. Over the years it’s not always been easy, as any boy mom can attest to. They are …

TherMOMeter: Setting The Temperature In Your Family

As a young mom, I had no idea that my mood could and would set the temperature for the entire house; actually I wasn’t aware yet, but I was the therMOMeter of my home. If I was in a bad mood, it eventually bled over and made everyone else have a bad mood too. My boys were little when I decided to test this idea out. I decided that no matter how I “felt” that day I would take a few notes and see how quickly my attitude started affecting how the kids (and even my husband) were behaving in …

How to Make Your House a Joyful Home

‘Wives should feel that home is their place and their kingdom, the happiness of which depends mostly upon them.*” Ouch. You mean the happiness of my family depends mostly upon me??? As much as I would love this responsibility to fall on someone else’s shoulders, the fact is I am the one with the responsibility of constructing a joyful home. So how do we intentionally design our “place and kingdom”? Fashion a home which glorifies God and as a natural result love, joy and rest fill each room? This will not come naturally. By nature we are …

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