All the way back in January I chose peaceful calm as the phrase for my year. I was intending to bring a peaceful calm to my home, my kids, my person and our life. I should have known marking out an intention like that would bring testing. How often don’t we find our hope dashed, […]
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There is a blog called Good Morning Girls and I stumbled across it quite a few months ago, maybe even a year. Their focus is to encourage women to have their quiet time with the Lord and they publish free bible study materials that give a small bite sized portion for each day. I finally
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Anger. What a dirty little word. It often brings up shame, memories of times and places, hurts and all sorts of other things.What do we do with it? I will admit, anger is where I go first. I hate that about myself and admire women who take everything in stride never seeming to be bothered.
I love how God speaks through others and everything around us. This week I have been wrestling with a few things and have been really praying and having to live it on purpose. The rubber has been meeting the road, faith colliding with reality. And because I was seeking God and letting him carry me
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Another favorite book of mine is Life Management for Busy Women by Elizabeth George. In it she carves out 7 areas us women must manage if we are to be pleasing God as a godly woman and be successful at managing life. I just finished re-reading it and have found it so helpful in my
In one of my favorite books, Created to be a Help Meet, by Debi Pearl explains the traits of a godly woman as described in scripture. Taken from Titus 2:3-5 and Proverbs 31:1-31, we find a blueprint for a life well-lived. It is a tall order, but we can do all things in Christ’s strength.
I have been reading so many things about new years resolutions and advice on making those resolved life changes stick. I think two of the best pieces of advice I heard were to make it an “I will” rather than an “I won’t” and to do your resolution for God’s glory. God has showed me