Embracing Life

• 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 ...

• 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...

• 25 Scriptures to Pray to Prepare Your Heart for Christmas

  

  Christmas is always a busy time of year. There’s decorations to put up, gifts to buy, parties to attend, memories to make. There’s pressure to have Pinterest perfect decor and the best Christmas expe...

• 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...

• 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,...

• 15 Scriptures to Pray When You're Struggling With Fear

  

  Fear has played a huge role in my life in a few areas of my life. Fear can be paralyzing, or make us do things that make no sense. It gets us nowhere, but we still struggle with it. I've worried ab...

• 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 ...

• 25 Scriptures to Pray When You're Struggling with Anxiety

  

  I am not a stranger to anxiety. I was diagnosed with postpartum anxiety and put on medication after my second son was born. Before that anxiety seemed to be fully managed, I found myself struggling w...

• 15 Scriptures To Pray For Your Special Needs Child

  

  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...

• Cultivating a Heart of Thankfulness

  

  Thanksgiving is just a few days away and I am super excited. I love the fun times with family gathered around the table. The food, oh my goodness, the food! Potatoes and turkey and stuffing (oh my!) ...

• 5 Things I'm Thankful For As A Special Needs Parent

  

  Thanksgiving is one of my favorite holidays. I just love the opportunity to gather with loved ones and reflect on all the things we are grateful for, realize how blessed we truly are, all while eatin...

• Essential Oils to Help Your Special Needs Child

  

  There are so many testimonies of people experiencing positive changes to their health or their children's health after using essential oils that I just had to give it a try for myself and for my two ...

• How to Trust God Like Ruth

  

  For as long as I can remember, I have been drawn to Ruth from the Bible. Her devotion to her mother-in-law is inspiring. Her happily ever after is beautiful. But I've been thinking about what qualiti...

• 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...

• 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...

• 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...

• 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...

• Fun Gifts For Readers and Writers

  

  I'm an avid reader and I do enjoy writing. And as much as I am touched by receiving a new writing journal with a fancy pen, I've stumbled across many an item on Amazon that strikes my reading/writing...

• 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...

• The Four Stages of Writing Through Grief

  

  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...

• Hair Clips and Hair Care Products That Will Rock Your World (and your hair!)

  

  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 ...

• 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 ...

• 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. ...

• 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...