Grace and Love when Parenting is Really Hard When I was in college my roommate and I always joked that being school teachers was going to be our backup plan. We were working at getting degrees until we were able to do what we really wanted to do. What we really wanted to be stay-at-home-moms. But then my plans didn't go as I thought and when I finally did become a mom it ... Read More »
Raising Kids with godly Character Part 2 and Sitting Among Friends #90
Teaching our kids godly character can be tough. They are in a world where they are faced with anything but. It is important that we prepare them for now and as growing independent adults. I love the reminder in the quote, "if we don't teach our children someone else will," because it is so true. Kids are eager to learn so let's be the ones to teach them about ... Read More »
Who Will Bear My Shame? Part 3
Please Read Who Will Bear My Shame Part 1 and Who Will BearMy Shame Part 2? When I last left you, I was at the beginning of my marriage and the baggage that I had brought with me was beginning to weigh me down. I had this really amazing man and I felt like I had very little to offer him. I loved him very much but that didn't seem to be enough. One day it happened, ... Read More »
Who Will Bear My Shame, Part 2
If you missed my last post Who Will Bear My Shame, Part 1, follow this link for the beginning of story. My journey may not be as long as others but it has been filled with many lessons that have made me who I am today. It has been filled with a God that would not let me go, and a God that knew I needed all the grace and mercy He could pour out on my past, present, and ... Read More »
Shame Can No Longer Bury Me: Today I Am Living Free
The Lies I Told Myself For years I told myself as long as I accepted Christ, I was free to do whatever I wanted. I had gotten my ticket into Heaven and I was free. But as I came into my twenties and early thirties, my Shame began to bury me deep underneath the lies I had told myself. The bigger problem was I had enough Bible knowledge to lie to myself and everyone around ... Read More »