Blossoms slowly open all along tree branches. Tulips and daffodils don bright shades of color. Grass grows taller under our feet. New calves fill the greening pastures. Life sprouts all around us. What a life-change these silent spring workings bring to the world. In just a few week’s time, the dreary winter canvas transforms into... Continue Reading →
The Collision of God and Sin | Oswald Chambers
The following is a devotional, written by Oswald Chambers, that I found particularly inspiring and wanted to share with you today. May these words that he wrote challenge and encourage as you take a moment to ponder them during this week before Good Friday. "..who Himself bore our sins in His own body on the... Continue Reading →
Encouraging Quotes for Motherhood
Motherhood is the most challenging journeys that I've been on. In all honesty, I feel discouraged by it every day and sometimes wonder if I have what it takes to do it all over again tomorrow. As another tantrum breaks out because I told the toddler that he couldn't comb his breakfast with my hairbrush,... Continue Reading →
Classic Fiction Books to Inspire a Quiet, Simple, and Slow Life
Reading has always been a favorite past time of mine. I often read a book during breakfast and lunch when I was a child. I must say that I’m still prone to grab a book while I eat if my babies allow for it! Though my free time for reading has drastically dwindled with two... Continue Reading →
The Lord Will Guide You Always | Charles Spurgeon
The following is a devotional, written by Charles Spurgeon, that I found particularly inspiring and wanted to share with you today. May these words that he wrote challenge and encourage as you take a moment to ponder them. "The LORD will guide you always." Isaiah 58:11 THE LORD will guide you always." Not an angel,... Continue Reading →
When Holiday Traditions Become a Check-List
This is my first holiday season with two children. Having my own family makes me excited for the holidays in a new way. This year, as October faded into November, the reality of the holiday season set in, and my nostalgia hit me big time. I wanted so badly to squeeze as many family memories,... Continue Reading →
The Far-Reaching Rivers of Life | Oswald Chambers
The following is a devotional, written by Oswald Chambers, that I found particularly inspiring and wanted to share with you today. May these words that he wrote challenge and encourage as you take a moment to ponder them. "He who believes in Me...out of his heart will flow rivers of living water" John 7:38 A... Continue Reading →
Guarding the Good Deposit
"By the Holy Spirit Who dwells within us, guard the good deposit entrusted to you." 2 Timothy 1:14 Satan hates the calling that God has placed on my life: the call to serve Him and bring Him glory. This calling, for me, takes on a few specific forms: a homemaker, mama, and wife. He also... Continue Reading →
Slowing Down for the Moments that Matter
"As for man, his days are like grass;As a flower of the field, so he flourishes.When the wind has passed over it, it is no more,And its place acknowledges it no longer."Psalm 103:15-16 Every day, multiple times each day, I have to force myself to slow down. Read Scripture to my sons before washing the... Continue Reading →
The Conditions of Discipleship | Oswald Chambers
The following is a devotional, written by Oswald Chambers, that I found particularly inspiring and wanted to share with you today. May these words that he wrote challenge and encourage as you take a moment to ponder them. If anyone comes to Me and does not hate his father and mother, wife and children, brothers... Continue Reading →