Uncategorized – Page 2 – A Peace of My Mind

I’ve prayed some prayers that sounded more like, “my will be done”, than Thine. I’ve thrown petitions at heavens that weren’t really concerned with Your will or Your way, but mine. Like a petulant toddler, there have been times I’ve pouted when You answered, “No”. So sure that you must be holding out on me.Continue reading

I’m currently in the season of motherhood that involves lots of littles, little hands and little feet, little socks and little jammies, little toys and little plates. And if I’m not careful, I’ll begin to label this season of motherhood as little, insignificant. It feels like a season of waiting instead of doing, a seasonContinue reading

Sometimes ministry is mundane. Loads of laundry for little people and Bible stories before bed. Encouraging text messages and phone calls to check in when you feel the Holy Spirit prompt you. A consistent life lived before your friends and family that testifies to God’s grace in words and deeds. A meal left on theContinue reading

“I will give You all,” we sing, And we try to do our best Giving Jesus the parts we’re proud of Ashamed of all the rest We offer Him our talents And our time and our strengths But when it comes to our weaknesses Sometimes we question what He thinks Does Jesus want our burdensContinue reading

In a world that does everything it can to make our children grow up faster than ever before, we are the ones who are able to protect their innocence. In a world that pushes things that are fearful, evil, perverse, and violent, we are called to help their minds to focus on what is true,Continue reading

Christ redeems our stories. He redeems the hardest parts and the ugliest parts that we wish we could pretend never happened and uses them for His glory, our good, and to help others. He used Joseph’s prison sentence to promote him and used that promotion to save his family in the famine. He used Peter’sContinue reading

Look through the news for too long and you’ll find yourself filled with worry. Listen to the reporters telling you of one disaster or tragedy after another and suddenly the world looks terrifying. This world gives us plenty of reasons to fear. But Jesus gives us more reasons to rejoice. His power has not waned.Continue reading

October 16th will be 6 months since my last panic attack or crippling nightmare. Six months since Jesus healed me, in mind and body,and set me free. I was having multiple panic attacks a week, crawling behind the clothes in my closet, trying to breathe myself through them. And the nightmares were extreme and vividContinue reading

When you learn that Jesus is faithful in both the battle in the victory, you take away the enemy’s power to destroy you with the battle. When you learn to rely on the goodness of God, which is unchanging, instead of the ease of your circumstances around you, which change day by day, you findContinue reading

I have found that when I take a small step towards Christ, He rushes towards me. When I choose to spend moments with Him in the morning, instead of scrolling before the kids wake, He always meets me in the quiet and refreshes my heart and mind before I start my day. When I findContinue reading