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Love God & Love Your Neighbor
Do you know what’s the most important thing I’ll ever teach my kids? Love God and love your neighbor as yourself. That was Jesus’ most important command that He taught. A lot of…
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The Moment She Meets Her Everything
That moment when they first laid you on my chest. Even now, I can clearly see that moment in my mind. Your face all squished and the sound of your cries. The first…
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The God Who Sees Me
You’re the God who sees. You see the tired mama at 2 a.m. rocking her newborn. She has bags under her eyes and is stumbling through the motions of diaper changing and feeding…
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I’m Raising Imperfect Christians
Yes, I’m raising my kids as Christians, but I don’t want them to ever think they have to be perfect angels. There is no such thing. And I sure don’t want them to…
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For These Children, I Have Prayed
For these children, I have prayed. I’ve lost sleep with worry. I’ve cried tears of joy and been filled with fear of something bad happening to them. I’ve paced about my house trying…
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Mama, God Doesn’t Expect Perfection
Mama, let me let you in on a little secret: God doesn’t expect you to be perfect. I know, it’s hard not to be hard on yourself. I know the mom guilt is…
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When She Serves Her Family, She’s Serving God
Getting down on my hands and knees to pick up crumbs off the floor from my kids—hands down, my least favorite thing to do. There are some things that vacuum just won’t pick…
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Every Tear You Shed
“Every tear you shed, breaks Mama’s heart.” I whispered it to him as he was crying about something. His tears were the result of him not getting his way but even still, I…
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God Stretched Her Heart a Bit Bigger
My second child never got just all of me. She’s always had to share me with her brother, that’s just a fact of life. Some day, when her brother goes off to school,…
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Raising Arrows
I’m raising arrows over here. My goal is to raise kids who love Jesus, love others, and that want to go out and do good in the world. That’s my mission. Yeah, my…
