My daughter travelled the world alone this summer which pretty much left me an anxiety filled mess. When she moved out almost 2 years ago, my husband and I started transforming her old room into a workout area. So over the past few months, to keep me from focusing on the danger that my precious […]
Persevering When Life Gets Hard
It seems like everything I try to do these days takes a monumental amount of effort I just don’t have the energy to keep up. Can you relate? I want to be that woman known for persevering, not giving up when life gets hard. I’ve recently changed hosting providers and domain names for my blog. […]
How to Replace Worry With God’s Promises
Does worry overwhelm your life? It certainly does mine. As I sit here with my head spinning and fingers struggling to type, my mind has become completely unmanageable. My son recently spent the night in our local children’s hospital. This was an exciting test to see if he has outgrown the seizures which have plagued […]
Why I Quit Talking & Started Listening to God
When I became a Christian less than a decade ago, I viewed prayer time as a long list of needs to ask God for on a daily basis. It was basically the same type of thought process as what I created for Santa in my childhood. My God list had more wishes for other people’s […]
When You’re Angry at God
Have you ever been so angry at God that even prayer felt like too much? I have. Not mildly frustrated or confused. I mean that deep, incredibly uncomfortable kind of anger where I knew I needed Him, but I didn’t even want to talk to Him. If you’ve ever wondered whether being angry at God means your […]
How to Philippians 4:8 Every Negative Thought
My dear husband calls me his little “half-empty” wife. This wonderful pet name stems from my incredible ability to see the negative in everything. He, on the other hand, is extremely “half-full” in every sense of the phrase. I’ve often wondered what causes people to be at extreme opposite ends of the spectrum in this […]
