The Perspective Project Day Thirty Five: Health
Yesterday, I shared with you that God has taught me some very difficult lessons through this season of struggle that we are going through right now. I told you that I would be sharing these last five...
View ArticleThe Perspective Project Day Thirty Six: Thankful
Give thanks in all circumstances, for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus. 1 Thessalonians 5:18 NIV This is a verse that I have wrestled with for many months and a perspective that God has been...
View ArticleThe Perspective Project Day Thirty Seven: Share
I have been writing most of my life. No project that I have ever taken on before can compare to the challenges of this 40 day blog project. It is not easy to share your story when you are still in the...
View ArticleThe Perspective Project Day Thirty Eight: Forgiveness
I have learned many lessons through this 40 Day journey… I think… no I am positive that this is the one that is going to take me the most wrestling with to conquer. I want to say this before I begin… I...
View ArticleThe Perspective Project Day Thirty Nine: Space
Do you remember those posters that were really popular back in the 90′s? The ones that you had to stare at for A LONG time before finally seeing the picture that was hidden inside of what at first...
View ArticleThe Perspective Project Day Forty: Faith
Today I wrap up my 40 days of posts on the perspectives that I am learning about through pain. I cannot think of a more fitting day to share this last post than on Easter Sunday. A day that reminded...
View ArticleA Glimpse of our Struggle
Have you ever been in a situation that you hoped and prayed was really a nightmare that you would wake up from? This is how I have felt about my family’s situation the over the last few months. Up to...
View ArticleA Basket Full of Trust
Tomorrow two of my sweet children are having their tonsils removed. As I have recently been getting ready for this event I was reminded of a devotional that I wrote for the LeadHer Challenge...
View ArticleLessons from The Waiting Room
Last week I shared that two of my kids were having their tonsils taken out. A simple, routine surgery I know; however, I have found that when it comes to your children there is NOTHING that feels...
View ArticleMotherhood Mission Statement
One day, several years ago, my children and I were driving in the car when my oldest son who was six at the time asked me a question. “Mama… what will you do when I am all grown up?” His simple...
View ArticleIf you give a Woman an hour
When I was a child I loved the book If you Give a Mouse a Cookie… as I have grown older- I came up with my own version of this childhood favorite that I could relate to. How about you, can you relate?...
View ArticleComing Soon: Verse of the Week
I have a confession to make…. I struggle with memorizing scripture. Whew. Glad I got that off of my chest… Seriously, I have the ability to recall crazy obscure facts, dates, and names with no problem…...
View ArticleVerse of the Week: Isaiah 30:18
In the 30th chapter of Isaiah the prophet is rebuking God’s holy people for placing their trust in their neighbors, the Egyptians, to save them from the attack that the Assyrian army was waging against...
View ArticleWilling to Wait
Today I had one of those amazing ah-ha moments in my bible study that shook me to the foundation of my faith. This was such a powerful light bulb moment for me that I wanted to share it with you in...
View ArticleVerse of the Week: Colossians 3:1-2
This morning I got up early to spend some quiet time with God before the busyness of the day begins. It was amazing to me how in just the short walk from my bedroom to our dinning room table how many...
View ArticleBig “But”s
I was reading an article the other day that was talking about women and self image. The article was listing the most common areas that women tend to be frustrated about their bodies and desire to...
View ArticleVerse of the Week: Philippians 2:5
About a decade ago, a craze of WWJD bracelets swept the world. Everyone wearing these bracelets was supposed to see them and be reminded to ask themselves, “What Would Jesus Do?” in each situation...
View ArticleProverbs 16:9- A lesson in Replacement
In their hearts humans plan their course, but the Lord establishes their steps. Proverbs 16:9 NIV Devotional Thought In our humanness we plan, prepare, and plot a carefully calculated course through...
View Article#Crazyfaith with a side of Coffee
I am sitting in the back corner of a coffee house. This is not just a run of the mill coffeehouse down the street from my home in Springfield, MO… but rather this is a much written about and greatly...
View Article#Crazyfaith requires GAP Crashing
For those of you that missed yesterday’s post… I began telling a #crazyfaith story that God has been taking me on the last few days. Today I continue telling that story. Saturday morning I boarded a...
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