One of life’s questions that plagued me for a long time is, “How can God be honored after a failed relationship?” I’m not referring to the relationships that are blatantly bad or unhealthy.What I find myself agonizing over are the relationships I’ve lost a few painful times in my life that I believe made one […]
Looking Outside my Bubble
Fact: Having a five-year-old requires me to know my faith. It’s a wonderful, challenging, intimidating task to explain why I believe what I believe and live my life the way I do. One thing I find equally refreshing and terrifying about children is their unabashed willingness to ask “why.” When it comes to God, prayer, […]
For When You Don’t Understand
Circumstances are rarely smooth sailing for long, in case you haven’t noticed. My heart has been hurting as I’ve been praying over several different situations that dear friends of mine are faced with right now. I wish with all of my heart that I could reach through text messages and hug the hurts away or […]
Making Me New
I first heard the song “Beautiful Things” by Gungor several years ago and immediately fell in love with it. (In case you want to give it a listen, here you go!) I was drawn to the song because of its unique sound and, well, “beautiful” lyrics. It’s what I would consider a pretty song. When […]
Growing Up
My son turns five years old today. This has been the age that I’ve been dreading the most since his birth. Each birthday up until then didn’t bother me because I still had plenty of time for him to be little. Now that half of a decade has passed, I can’t deny that he is […]
For When You Think You Shouldn’t Try That One Thing You’ve Been Meaning to Try
I started this blog three years ago this summer. It was one of the hardest things I’ve ever done, as silly as it sounds. But I am not the natural-born risk taker. I loathe bandwagons and noisy, pompous words online and in person. No one I knew personally had taken blogging to the level of […]
Making Life Less Complicated
Sometimes I read too much. As I prepared to enter motherhood, I picked up every book recommended to me on pregnancy and parenting. One particular book seemed like the perfect purchase in the book store. Each chapter featured things unique and special to that particular week of pregnancy. I got hooked into pouring over the […]
Confessions of a Shame-a-holic
I’ve let shame make too many decisions for me in my life. For example, I have always been notorious for not sending out thank you cards. When it actually happens, I’m always late in getting it done. Most of the time, I listen to Shame say, “It’s too late now. You’ll only embarrass yourself more […]
Coming Out of Slavery: “And God Knew”
For everything there is a season, and a time for every matter under heaven… A time to tear, and a time to sew; a time to keep silence, and a time to speak. ~Ecclesiastes 3:1, 7 I’m thankful for the fact that when I don’t have words to say, the Bible says it all for […]
Getting Back in the Groove
Testing. Testing. One, two, three. Is anyone there? There’ve been a whole lot of crickets and not very much activity in this space for a long time. I’ve been quiet around here; you’ve been quiet around here, and I don’t think that’s a bad thing. There are times we all have to step away from […]