My dad played a big role in my faith. It wasn’t because he was a strong man of God. It wasn’t because he prayed like the great saints. It wasn’t because he directed the choir of our tiny Methodist church and sang Because He Lives every Easter. My faith is actually stronger today because somewhere through the years, my dad …
6 Practical Ways to Catch Contentment as a Stay-at-Home Mom or in any Lonely Season
[If you’re not a stay-at-home mom, I promise, there are nuggets in here for you too because I believe that these 6 practices will help anyone through difficult, lonely days.] I am a people person. I love to be busy and active. I like to get up, get dressed for work and talk to other adults during the …
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Word Wednesday: A Prayer God will always answer with a “Yes”; Ephesians 1:17/Epignosis
I believe there are prayers God never answers with a no. Surely the prayer above is one of them. For we know He is a God who went to great lengths through His Son to help us know Him. What kind of God does what the Bible says He did? What kind of God comes in …
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Bite of Bread (June 9-15): Bible Reading Plan for Contentment
“Those who know God have great contentment in God. There is no peace like the peace of those whose minds are possessed with the full assurance that they have known God, and God has known them, and that this relationship guarantees God’s favor to them in life, through death, and on forever.” ~J. I. Packer She sat in front of …
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How I began to find contentment as a stay-at-home mom: It started with a question
“Where is your faith?” The words punched me in the stomach. I couldn’t breathe…I certainly could not answer. I looked into the eyes of my accuser with nothing to counter his accusation. The irony of this conversation was that for years I tried to persuade my dad to have faith in Jesus. Now he was questioning mine. As I fretted over a missed job opportunity, …
