From One Mom To Another

“Ask…in prayer, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours.” Mark 11:24 NIV When severe drought hit a small farming community in the Midwest, a local church called a prayer meeting and everybody showed up…As the pastor stood before his packed church he noticed an 11-year-old girl sitting in the front row, [...]

“He will sit as a refiner and purifier of silver.” Malachi 3:3 I have heard this story before, but recently someone forwarded it to me. She had no idea that the refiner’s fire seems to be my life right now. Maybe it is yours, as well. Read this story and remember, Only the most precious [...]

A man was sick and tired of going to work every day while wife stayed home with the kids. He wanted her to see what he went through so he prayed: “Dear Lord: I go to work every day and put in 8 hours while my wife gets to stay at home. I want her [...]

Enter into his gates with thanksgiving, [and] into his courts with praise: be thankful unto him, [and] bless his name. Psalm 100:4 I have not written a “Thankful Thursday” in a while, so I thought today I would. I am thankful for rainy Sunday afternoons. (I am actually writing this on a Sunday afternoon. Everyone [...]

I was listening to Joyce Meyers the other day. She was speaking about changing your thinking, and changing your negative words. She said she grew up in a very negative home. She thought that being negative was normal. As God began dealing with her on the power of her words, she knew she had to [...]

Recently, on a social site I frequent, I read the following “questions” a mom was asking concerning spanking: You know, the question of whether to discipline by physical means – slapping, smacking, spanking etc has been raised a few times lately. I am not judging anybody who chooses to use these means of discipline, however [...]

All around us we observe a pregnant creation. The difficult times of pain throughout the world are simply birth pangs. But it’s not only around us; it’s within us. The Spirit of God is arousing us within. We’re also feeling the birth pangs. These sterile and barren bodies of ours are yearning for full deliverance. [...]

Today I thought I would share a funny story about a conversation with my daughter Emily. Let me set this up by saying two of my dearest friends, Melanie(28) and Shay (almost 33, Sorry girl ) are both single and have never been married. Because they are very close to me, like sisters I have [...]

As a Stay at home mom we assume we have plenty of time to spend with our children. We are not like the working mom who comes home and must set aside specific time with her child if she is going to nurture that relationship. We are with them all the time, right? Yet being [...]

As a new mom, or even an experienced mom, we can sometimes find ourselves in a panic when our children are sick. The following are a few things I have learned along the way. Please feel free to add your comments (by clicking the comment button at the bottom) to add what you have learned [...]