Letting Go
Taking our daughter to college is a significant way that God teaches us to trust Him.
Mommy Guilt- The Robber of Joy?
Our righteousness does not come from providing our children with the picture-perfect childhood, or the most nutritious meals, or the best education. Our righteousness comes from Christ alone.
The First Empty Nest
Parenting is a series of letting go, a series of trusting God with the children he has given us.
When Our Children Are Wounded
When our children are wounded, we often want to pity our kids, criticize the wrongdoer, or harbor bitterness. Here are six better ways forward.
Kitchen Table Discipleship
So often we think our greatest accomplishments come from outside the four walls of our house, but the discipleship we do right at the “kitchen table” has eternal impact as we raise little ones to know and follow Jesus.
Parents, Don’t Waste Your Lazy Summer Days
The pressure to keep our kids’ schedules filled to the brim can diminish the possibility of a summer respite. But is it really such a bad thing to have wide open spaces in our planners? Might this be the very thing we need in order to refocus our priorities and make the most of the short season of time we’re given with our children?
How A Busy Mom Finds Time To Pray
In the Christian life, prayer is essential. Prayer demonstrates our dependence on God. It reminds us that we’re not in control of our life and there is One who deserves all glory and praise. Prayer lifts our eyes off of ourselves and reminds us of our heavenly hope. So how do we as busy moms find time to pray? Where do we carve out time to spend in conversation with the Lord when there is always someone (or something) needing our attention?
Will I Ever Be Good Enough
Our hope does not lie in ourselves or our performance. We cannot gain God’s blessing through obeying his commands, and we can’t do enough good deeds to earn forgiveness for even the smallest sin. As mothers, we can be tempted to find our righteousness in giving our children the picture-perfect childhood, filled with super-food meals and the best education possible. Somehow we falsely believe that if we can be the ideal Proverbs 31 wife and mother, we will earn favor with God. Yet our hope is solely in what Christ has already done, what he accomplished for us on the cross.
The Proverbs 31 Woman Is The Church
We need one another. We depend on one another. We bless one another with our gifts…
Give Your Teenager To God
Our children’s growing independence should not lead us to fear, but to trust. Even when our kids step out of our reach, they never step out of God’s.
Mothering In A World Of Better Moms
Our righteousness and rest do not come from providing our children with the most nutritious meals or the best education. They come from Christ.
Delight In Your Children
As I enter into laughter and joy with my kids, I trust God will provide more opportunities to speak of His love and delight in them (Isaiah 62:4-5). The joy I experience with my children is only a tiny taste of the joy we have in Christ.
Exhausted Mom, Lift Your Eyes
They say cleaning your house with young children is like brushing your teeth while eating Oreos. The moment I finish cleaning the living room, I hear a crash in the bedroom that tells me a stack of puzzles has just been emptied on the floor. In the midst of all the mundane tasks—emptying the dishwasher, tackling the laundry piles, filling the cereal bowls—it’s easy to lose sight of God’s greater purpose.
Five Ways Children Will Change The World
The American Dream teaches us to settle for a child or two, so that we can focus on other more important opportunities in life. One of the best ways to change the world, though, is to have and raise kids. With these little ones, we can pass on truths and passions that will shape and affect society.
Mom’s Battle With Back-To-School Anxiety
The school years shouldn’t be looked at as a dreadful encounter with adolescent life, but an exciting time of discovering God’s plan for our children. I need to be excited for my daughter and the young woman she is becoming, not living in fear of all the what-if situations.