4 Powerful lessons from blogging that apply to your life right now

/
4 Powerful lessons from blogging that apply to your life right now

Three years feels like a short period of time, but I know that it’s long enough for God to grow me and mold me and make me better than I was before.

Most of you aren’t planning on starting a blog, so why am I sharing lessons learned from blogging? Well, what I’ve learned can be applied throughout life, not just blogging. Whether you work out of the home, or you are the primary caregiver to kiddos, take these lessons and apply them to your own circumstances.

Read More

Help! Too Busy to Read the Bible

/
Help! Too Busy to Read the Bible

Have you ever started a daily Bible reading plan with the hopes of finishing it in a year (or two) and then quit a few months in? Your busy schedule getting in the way of having adequate Bible reading time. Or have you ever rushed through a reading plan only to check off a box and not engage or remember what you read?

If you said yes, you are in the majority, I know I am guilty of both (🙈). Most people think that devout Christians have the discipline to read the Bible religiously (pun intended). As if we never get bored, or tired, or too busy to open up the word.

But let’s be honest… the Bible can be hard to read for us, too. But why?

Read More

Is Self-care Christian?

/
Is Self-care Christian?

In today’s world, Christians in America are finding themselves divided on the topic of self-care. One side of the camp removes God entirely from the equation and preaches self-care is all about “me.” Then, on the other side, we treat sacrificial motherhood as THE epitome of a godly mother and wife, even if that means we lose ourselves in the process.

“Is self-care Christian” is the wrong question to ask. Instead, we should be asking whether Christians should practice self-care?

Read More

16 Self-care Tips for the Burned out Mom

/
16 Self-care Tips for the Burned out Mom

Have you ever yelled at your kids so loudly you lost your voice? Or at least strained it? I never imagined I would be that kind of mother, but reality taught me differently.

I’m sure we have all been there, one way or another. Mentally, emotionally and physically exhausted from mommying without a break. I would say parenting, but you know what, mommy-ing and daddy-ing are not equal, but I digress.

Read More

The Ultimate Guide to Encouraging Your Husband

/
The Ultimate Guide to Encouraging Your Husband

How do you get your husband to help out around the house?

How do you encourage your husband to be a more involved dad?

How do you - insert all the things we wish our husbands would do?

These questions saturate the conversation whenever moms and wives get together. We are desperate for more help, desperate for involved husbands and fathers, but we don’t know what to say or do. And every attempt gets us pinned as nagging wives, and let’s be real, no one wants to be the nagging wife.

We want good husbands - good Christian husbands - so what do we do?

Read More

Why your spouse should come before your child

/
Why your spouse should come before your child

My spouse can take care of himself, you may be thinking as you came across this post, but my child cannot. And that’s 100% true. Our children depend on us for everything from the moment of conception.

They have genuine needs that go beyond food and shelter, but safety, comfort, and love, too. So why should a spouse come before a child? And how do we even make that happen?

Read More

A Word of Encouragement to the Mom Always Worried About Her Kids

/
A Word of Encouragement to the Mom Always Worried About Her Kids

In some ways, I wish I could say that my worries and anxiety were abnormal. Because if it were, then it would mean that very few mothers would suffer the agonizing “what if’s” that plague me. But that’s not the case.

It’s completely normal to be worried, nervous, or uneasy about something like pregnancy and motherhood. For most of us, it’s a case of new mom anxiety*. From the moment you become a mom, whether biological or through adoption, fear and anxiety is an ever-present factor in your life.

Read More

5 Must Read Tips for When you Feel Unsupported by your Husband

/
5 Must Read Tips for When you Feel Unsupported by your Husband

The very foundation of marriage rests on the fulfillment of love and the ability to trust our spouses. Emotional support is how we understand and receive our spouses love and care. If our spouses aren’t emotionally supporting us, we can confuse that with a lack of love, and what marriage can exist, in today’s world, without love?

Read More

3 Simple Bible Reading Plans For The Beginner

/
3 Simple Bible Reading Plans For The Beginner

Have you ever grabbed your Bible and had no idea where to start? Or maybe you flipped to a page and started reaching, but learned nothing from your reading? If you nodded in agreement, then you need a reading plan.

A Bible reading plan helps you stay committed and creates a reading and studying habit that you may not have had previously. The best part of developing a plan is picking one that works for you in the season of life you are in. Plans exist to help you read the Bible in 90 days (which seems crazy to me), some plans are ordered chronologically, and others are broken down into 1 to 2-year plans. Most plans are 7 days a week, but a few exist as 5 days a week to help you catch up if you end up falling behind.

Read More

Best Resources to Start The New Year Off Right

/
Best Resources to Start The New Year Off Right

The natural response may be to try to accomplish all the things this past year has taken from us, but instead, I want to challenge us to focus on living 2021 with intention but without the hustle, and burnout, and misplaced priorities. I am not against New Year goals or resolutions, but we want to make sure we are doing them correctly, focusing on the things that matter long term.

Read More

BLOG ROUNDUP - YOUR FAVORITE POSTS OF 2020

/
BLOG ROUNDUP - YOUR FAVORITE POSTS OF 2020

Another year has come and gone, and I like to reflect on where we’ve been. In honor of the New Year, I am sharing the 5 most popular posts, determined by page views. Popular or “favorite” doesn’t always indicate the “best”, but then again, “best” is subjective. It was fun to compare this year’s list to the 5 from last year…. Only one post popped up on both lists. These might not be my favorite posts, but I can definitely see why they were your “favorite”!

Read More

Self-Sabotage: How do you Stop Sabotaging Yourself

/
Self-Sabotage: How do you Stop Sabotaging Yourself

Have you ever been afraid of success? Afraid of trying to accomplish something, giving it 100%, and finding out that your efforts weren’t enough? So, instead of shutting down that fear and proceeding, you become your own roadblock sabotaging your happiness.

I know I can’t be the only one in a self-sabotaging cycle because I’m afraid that if I actually try and give it my all, I might come to the realization that my all wasn’t good enough. And not being good enough is a harder pill to swallow than blaming my circumstances for my failures.

So, what is self-sabotage and how do we stop it?

Read More

How to be Grateful During Hard Times

/
How to be Grateful During Hard Times

10 Months…. That’s how long the U.S. has been affected by COVID-19 aka the Corona Virus, can you believe it? When we entered 2020, the roaring 20’s as some called it, we weren’t expecting to have our worlds rocked. Yet, that’s exactly what happened.

There is no doubt that 2020 has been a HARD year for many of us. A dark and impossible year, yet here we are nearing a new year with a future that is just as uncertain. The only difference is this time, we are prepared. We know (to an extent) what to expect.

Read More

10 Unique Biblical Words to Help You Grow Your Faith

/
10 Unique Biblical Words to Help You Grow Your Faith

Whether you are young or old, there is no doubt that understanding Christian terms can be a bit difficult. Many of these terms aren’t unique to Christianity but have a unique Biblical definition that can clarify a message.

These terms and their definitions are meant to equip you with a better understanding of what you believe. This post is meant to give you a broad overlook and understanding, so I encourage you to dig deeper as the Holy Spirit leads you. Even as I am writing this, I am learning. I like to think that we won’t ever achieve a status in which we know it all. Instead, we chose to grow, every day, learning and relearning what the Bible has to offer.

Read More

How To Talk To Your Spouse About Money Without Fighting

/
How To Talk To Your Spouse About Money Without Fighting

The number one issue couples fight about is money. You would think that as long as you have enough money in the bank, then you wouldn’t have any problems. But the lie detector test determined that was a LIE. At the beginning of our marriage, I wouldn’t have thought twice about making these purchases. If I wanted, I bought it. But after five years, I learned that kind of thinking lead down the wrong path. Talking about money and our (more like my spending) spending habits was an essential part of our relationship.

Read More