Lord, Help My Kids Know Your Love

Hi awesome mommies, I really love the book, The Power of a Praying Parent, by Stormie Omartian. She uses Scripture to create beautiful, pertinent, powerful prayers. Her prayers guide me on how to pray for my children. Here’s the one I’ve been praying this week. I insert my own kids’ names. Lord, I pray for…

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Rejoice in All Things? Really?

The Bible says to rejoice in all things. All things? Really? Even the yucky stuff that comes with being a mommy? I know the Bible says I’m supposed to, but it’s hard, don’t you think? Usually, when that tinge of conviction comes that perhaps this is an opportunity to rejoice (instead of complain, whine, or…

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Walk in Love and a Saturday Morning Hike

“And walk in love, as Christ loved us and gave himself up for us, a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God.” Eph. 5:2 ESV This past Saturday our family went on a long long walk. Well, long for us. We traipsed through a forest trail that was two miles in and two miles out. Four…

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Real-life Conflict and a Father Who Loves Me

As a fiction writer and reader, I love conflict. Bring it on! The more the better. Is my character brokenhearted from a nasty breakup? Awesome. Let’s have her get fired from her job too. Cool! Oh, and maybe she could struggle with a secret jealousy of her stepsister. Yippee! But conflict in my own life…

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