Parenting comes with many challenges. We are raising little human beings who are trying to figure out this world around them, how to handle all the emotions they are feeling, and who they are. Sometimes, emotions are running high and things can get a bit tense. Days like the latter, I need wisdom, to control my anger, and give forgiveness…
Category: Christian Growth
14 Verses to Memorize on Anxiety & Fear
As parents, we find ourselves in situations that can cause us to feel a variety of emotions. It can be easy to let our emotions get the better of us. When I’m struggling with a certain emotion, I know the best way to combat it is to read God’s Word and pray. Memorizing scripture to recall in different situations helps…
How to Thrive in Motherhood
Y’all, motherhood is hard. Real hard. As I’ve been writing this post, it has been a hard day with my little ones. I’ve been an awful mom for not letting my oldest eat all the candy and junk food he wants or watch tv. Then there’s the whining, crying, and tantrums from everyone. It’s days like today where if someone…
How to Get Past the Guilt
Mom guilt. It is a very real and powerful thing. You have a bad day and maybe lose your temper or something happens that you just can’t seem to stop beating yourself up over. I know that I’ve been eaten up with mom guilt quite a few times. Some days it’s because I just don’t have the patience I…
11 Bible Verses on Forgiveness
In an ideal world, everyone would always get along and our feelings would never get hurt. Unfortunately, we live in a world that sin has entered so sometimes we’re not going to get along with others and our feelings will sometimes get hurt by others. This is when forgiveness comes in to play. The Bible speaks a good deal not…
Not Every Day is Perfect
Some days, I would just love it if I could have a do over. Sometimes it seems like things just don’t go right from the start and I’m ready to crawl back in my bed and other days, the day starts out fine and then goes downhill later. Either way, the day leaves a bad taste in my mouth. And…
Setting the Spiritual Example for Your Children
We’ve all been there. We wonder if we’re doing this parent thing right. Am I reading to my child enough? Is he eating healthy enough? Am I spending enough time with him? And the list goes on and on. I was having one of those days recently where I was wondering if I was doing things “right” when all of…
5 Verses for Life’s Twists and Turns
Life doesn’t always go the way we planned. There are some weeks when it seems like every productive thing I had planned went up in smoke. I had one of those weeks this past week where nothing I planned went right. It can be frustrating when it happens for a day, but it can be disheartening when it looks like…
Living Content in Christ
In my last blog post, Reading Your Bible vs. Studying Your Bible, I talked about how I let life get the better of me and stopped reading my Bible daily like I had been. One of the excuses I used was that we had just moved and I had put my study Bible in a box that I thought was…
Reading Your Bible vs. Studying Your Bible
I wouldn’t necessarily say that studying the Bible on my own and actually fully understanding it is one of my strengths. I have heard people teach an entire lesson based off of one verse and wished that I had the knowledge and wisdom of the Bible like they did. How did that read a part of the Bible and get…