Embracing Life

• 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 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 ...

• 20 Scriptures Wives Can Pray To Strengthen Their Marriage

  

  I absolutely love praying scripture. There's something powerful about praying God's words back to Him, while adding a few of your own personalized requests. It helps align your desires with God's bec...

• 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...

• 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...

• 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...

• 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 ...

• 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...

• 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,...

• When You Find Yourself Asking God "Don't You Care?"

  

  Have you ever felt let down by God, because something in life didn't go the way you planned? Have you ever wondered if God really cares because He seems very silent or distant to your current strug...

• Embracing Your Unique Way Of Worshipping God

  

  Worship is the feeling or expression of adoring God. We use the word worship to talk about the music portion of a church service, but it really is so much more than that. It is any way of expressing ...

• 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...

• 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 ...

• 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...

• 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 ...