God is enlarging my heart to love these girls as I would love my own. The more my mama-bear instincts are aroused, the more I want to rush to their aid! Continue Reading …
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My three-year-old son came home from church brokenhearted. “I want . . .” sob, sob, “Jesus to give me,” sob, sob, “my heart back” he wailed. Continue Reading …
Rizzuto planned to leave her husband and two sons for a 6-month research opportunity in Japan, but while there she made the choice to leave her family for good. Continue Reading …
All I could pray was “don’t let him die!” but that didn’t really capture the mighty work I was asking God to do. So I started praying Scriptures for my son. Continue Reading …
Moms, please don’t let these days slip by too quickly. Stop to play. Stop to sing and rock. Stop to pray with your toddler. Continue Reading …
What would it be like to raise a child to know God's truth and then watch her choose rebellion? Would I persevere to keep praying? Continue Reading …
(Don’t look behind you now, but someone thinks you’re pretty amazing!!) Continue Reading …
"Why have kids?" That's a question couples are increasingly prone to ask. Continue Reading …
If you’d asked 20-year-old Holly Elliff what she was going to do with her life, her answer would’ve been quite different than the way her life actually turned out. Continue Reading …
I was worshiping the Lord this morning when I felt a very clear directive in my heart: “Today is the day to take away the binkie.” Continue Reading …
Moms can identify with the cartoon of a toddler looking at a wedding album with his daddy and saying, “So that’s the day Mommy came to work for us!” Continue Reading …
I was feeling a little under the weather the other day, so my sweet husband decided to take my boys out for breakfast to give me a break. . . Continue Reading …
In the history of feminism, much of the rhetoric centers around women's sense of powerlessness or the perception that they have less "power" than men. Continue Reading …
As a teen determined to make a difference, I wanted to live all out for Christ. One aspect of “making a difference” didn’t hit my radar screen, though . . . Continue Reading …
Motherhood gives us feelings of fuzzy blankets and baby rattles and toys to line the crib. But motherhood is actually one of God’s refining fires. Continue Reading …
All mothers know the significance of tiny clothes. They are precious reminders of how small our babies once were. Continue Reading …
I can't help but wonder if fascination with the dark, dangerous, bad boys featured in Twilight and vampire shows is fitting for girls who love Jesus. Continue Reading …
I was interrupted by the mall security guard tapping me on the shoulder. “Excuse me, Ma’am. You’re going to have to lower your voice . . ." Continue Reading …
We'd been married just over a year when God's sovereignty collided with my plans for children. Continue Reading …
Today's post is for those young moms who've had a really long day of laundry, one too many spills, and no breaks from the world of "toddlerhood" for weeks! Continue Reading …
Managing the influence of multi-media in your child’s life is one of the biggest parenting challenges of our day. Here are just a few suggestions . . . Continue Reading …