Today my awesome IRL friend, Stacy Williams, has a guest post as part of our “Hope for Hurting Hearts” series. I know it’s not Monday, but isn’t this a great surprise? I knew you’d love her. Stacy lives in Central Ohio. She loves Jesus, traveling, the ocean, ice cream, seeing…
Welcome to Week 1 of the Hope for Hurting Hearts series! Hope is a funny word. We think of it as a feeling of optimism, yet the Bible clearly uses our English word to mean so much more than just a feeling. Hope deferred makes the heart sick, but a…
We made it to Friday! Hooray! Today I’m writing for my friends at The MOM Initiative. Have you ever had a difficult time with that first step of organization? You really want to get organized, but you just can’t figure out where to start? I’m not the ultimate…
Beginning Monday, October 8th, for five weeks every Monday, I’m excited to bring you a new series, Hope for Hurting Hearts. For five weeks on Mondays, each blog post is going to be centered on thoughts and ideas of either helping yourself or others through difficult circumstances. I have…
On Friday, my awesome friend, Lisa Jo Baker (The Gypsy Mama), hosts a writer’s exercise and linkup. I haven’t participated in many weeks and this week I was really feeling the call. 🙂 We write for 5 minutes flat, no edits, no takebacks….and then actually come up with the nerve…
Every day I strive to become more like Christ and every day, guess what? I’m failing. I read Psalm 51 and think of David- his prayer of utter desperation. He begged God for forgiveness of his horrible sins-sins of deceit, adultery, and murder. The words of pleading for God to…
According to Gary Chapman’s book, The Five Love Languages, one of the primary love languages is affirmation. Simply giving the gift of words to affirm your spouse is that huge! Even if your husband leans more towards another primary means of communicating love, there is not a man on earth…
Today is a very special day- the magic number has arrived. My Taylor girl turns sweet 16 today;16 is significant for many reasons. Most would think of a driver’s license…dating… But for our family, Taylor turning 16 is HUGE simply because- we were never sure that Taylor would turn 16….
“How do you do find time to train for races?” My husband and I are training for a half marathon and this question has been asked of us so frequently over the years that I thought I’d give you a few pointers today. Not that I’m a pro, by any…
I ran today. 8 miles. Well, it was supposed to be 8, but something happened. At 3.5 miles, the watch lost power. My poor husband frequently hears how I wish I were faster and “I wish I could do that.” With no watch, I was forced to estimate my miles,…
How strange that marriage might be considered to “interfere” with friendship. Yet my husband and I once observed an elderly couple in a restaurant. They came in, sat down, ordered, and ate an entire meal without saying one word to each other. Meanwhile, the two of us sat chatting…
You know we are about to start the Unglued study here in Columbus tonight, right? My sweet friend, Mindy, tweets this week: “Bathroom stalls make great prayer closets.” -Lysa Terkeurst Well, it’s true. All the mamas know it. We can Amen! it. So just a little tip for ya today:
