More and more each and everyday I realize that I am simply a vessel used by God. I literally am nothing without Him, through Him. I learn that it doesn’t matter how many times I fail, how many times I…
A Study of Job | When God Doesn’t Answer Prayers
It is the biggest lie in Christianity today. It’s the lie that if we’re good enough, humble enough, and kind enough, that good things will come our way all the days of our life. It’s the lie that if we…
Bible Study | The Story of Nehemiah
One of my New Year goals has been to Bible journal more often. I started bible journaling last year when I came across Darlene Schacht’s (Time-Warp Wife) Bible Journaling facebook group. It seemed silly to draw in my bible at…
When My Heart Is Overwhelmed {and a free printable}
There are those moments in life when you’re just overwhelmed. We go through these moments — work is busy, home life is busy, motherhood and homemaking are busy, there are chores that need to be completed and projects that need…
{Personal Journey} Never Trust Your Tongue When Your Heart Is Bitter
I had an entire blog written out in my head yesterday morning. My mind and my heart had been overwhelmed for far too long when it came to certain people and situations. My husband asked me a question about a…
{Semi-Wordless Wednesday} Live at Peace with Everyone
“If it is possible, as far as it depends on you, live at peace with everyone.” Romans 12:18 NIV
What is Faith?
He looked up at me with those ocean deep blue eyes, he knew I was terrified to let him go, but mostly, he was terrified that I wouldn’t let him go. I closed my eyes and let out a big…
“Apathy is a dangerous thing to have in your heart….”
My heart change journey began about a year ago. It seems like a lifetime, but honestly, it wasn’t that long ago. I’ve seen the most growth in the past 8 months, and many times I have to remember that just…
“Give it a try…,” whisper’s the heart.
I am dog tired this morning. I am exhausted, my body aches, I have a headache (on top of other womanly issues today), and the cloudy sky is not a friend to my already downtrodden body. I woke up early,…
When God is Silent….
It happens to all of us at some point in our lives. Some of us more than others…. That drowning feeling that God doesn’t listen… …that God doesn’t answer prayers. …that God doesn’t care. …that God doesn’t understand my needs,…
Daily Ramblings | A New Creation…an old life….
He’s tugging on my shirt, asking for attention. The phone is ringing off the hook — twenty different directions were facing me the other morning. I wasn’t sure what to tackle first, the five loads of laundry in the hallway…
Praying Without Ceasing, even when it’s hard
Prayer is one of those things that I’m extremely good at sometimes, and is extremely non-existent at other times. In those amazing times and spans where I’m fully focused on God with prayer in my life, life becomes so amazing,…
