Embracing Life
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15 Scriptures to Pray For Our Nation
My heart lately has been burdened by events and attitudes I see unfolding around me in the United States. We aren't united. We are divided by political parties and beliefs. People's rights seem to be...
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25 Scriptures to Pray For Your Family
Prayer in and of itself is powerful. When you combine it with Scripture, well, let's just say you should be prepared to see some mighty things happen. It is very important to pray for your family ...
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How to Know and Use Your Spiritual Gifts
We give gifts because we want to bless someone. We're excited to see how they will respond to and use a gift we think they will enjoy. Sometimes we can be just as excited about giving someone a gift ...
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Encouraging Scriptures For When Your Child Has A Speech Delay
My younger son has a speech delay, my older son has apraxia --a neurological speech disorder that requires frequent and intensive speech therapy to learn to speak. He didn't say his first words until...
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20 Scriptures To Pray For Your Purpose
We all want to be part of something bigger than ourselves. We all want to know what our purpose is while we are on earth, hence the reason The Purpose-Driven Life quickly became a bestselling book wi...
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15 Scriptures To Pray For Your Child with Special Needs
As a special needs parent we learn to advocate for our children--with insurance companies, with doctors and specialists, with schools, within churches, and within the community. But one of the best w...
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25 Scriptures to Pray for Your Child This School Year
As the school year approaches, and we find ourselves busy buying supplies and new clothes and doing other tasks to get ready for the new school year, I start to feel a little anxious. Will our kids h...
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When You Find Yourself Asking God "Why?"
When something unexpected happens in our life, or in our world, it's easy for us to ask God why it happened. We want to live the blessed "abundant life" (John 10:10b) that Jesus said He was bringing,...
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30 Scriptures to Pray For Your Child(ren)
Prayer is powerful and the fact that you want to pray for your children is an awesome thing. No matter the age, ability, and personality of your children, they need our prayers. It is a privilege as ...
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20 Scriptures For Special Needs Parents To Pray
I've found turning to scripture and being reminded of God's character (and that even our favorite Bible heroes had their own struggles in their lives) to be very encouraging in all the challenges tha...
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Recommended Books for Nurturing the Christian Woman's Heart and Faith
I dunno about you, but I love reading, especially reading books that will nurture my faith and my heart. Yet no matter how much I read, my to-read list always seems to be getting longer and longer. T...
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Embracing Courage Rather Than Your Comfort Zone
"You can choose courage or you can choose comfort, but you can't have both." -Brene Brown I was so encouraged by the above quote. I printed it out and put it above my desk determine...
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5 Ways to Draw Near to God When He Feels Far Away
You love God with all your heart and soul and mind, and then life happens. Whether it's the busyness of life, or something painful happened in your life, it's not hard to find yourself not connecting...
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Four Supplements to Help Your Child Embrace Health
Disclaimer: I am not a doctor or medical professional of any sort. I am merely a mother who was worried about both of my sons' development and spent hours researching supplements, taking my sons to ...
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When God Tells You To Write A Book
I have dreamed of writing a book for a long time. I thought perhaps I would write a young adult book: as a middle school English teacher, I devour plenty of those, wanting to be able to share my love...
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The Four Stages of Writing Through Grief
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Whether we want it to or not, we all will go through hard things in life. Grief will come in some form or another, whether it be the loss of a loved one, the loss of a dream or expectation or relatio...
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Resources For Parents of a Child with Apraxia
Apraxia of speech is a motor speech disorder that affects a child's ability to talk. A child with apraxia knows what they want to say, but cannot figure out how to get the lips, mouth, and tongue to ...
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10 Tips to Help You Grow a Christian Social Media Platform
Social media can feel overwhelming and can also make you feel like you’re spending hours of time trying to understand and grow your social media accounts and not focusing on the thing you want to do ...
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20 Scriptures To Pray For Your Writing
A few years ago, after reading Beth Moore's amazing Praying God's Word , I discovered the joy of praying Scripture over various things that were important to me. I love praying scripture for my marri...
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10 Reasons You Will LOVE These Lilla Rose Hair Clips
Lilla Rose is a company that sells hair care products and hair clips and other hair accessories that I absolutely love. My favorite product they create is their flexi clips, a hair clip that bends ar...
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How Journaling Can Help Your Faith and Emotions
When life takes an unexpected turn, or we are stressed and busy, it is easy to go into survival mode and bury our emotions. We keep pressing on, doing the things we know we are supposed to be doing a...
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Hair Clips and Hair Care Products That Will Rock Your World (and your hair!)
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Lilla Rose is a company that sells unique and gorgeous hair accessories that I absolutely love. You already wear your hair up, so why not pamper yourself (and your hair!) with some lovely and unique ...
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Embracing Essential Oils for Emotional Health
Essential oils are the oils extracted from plant parts (flowers, bark, leaves, etc) used for aromatic or even medical purposes. Each oil has different benefits for our physical and emotional health. ...
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Gift Ideas and Essentials for the Essential Oil Fan
I love using essential oils. There's always essential oils I'm wanting to add to my collection, and items I need/want to go with my essential oil use. So I've compiled a list of my favorite essential...