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Can You Really Know God’s Will for Your Life?
We all want to know God’s will for our lives. Everyday we are faced with decisions, some small like what to make for breakfast, and some more important like what job to take, where to live, how to respect our spouse. I desperately want to live a life pleasing to the Lord. When facing a big decision, I want to seek God’s way above my own. But I don’t always know what that looks like. Choosing to follow God’s will is an act of submission, a step of obedience, but can we really know God’s will for our lives? First, what does it mean to “know God’s will”? At some…
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Helping Your Kids When Military Life Hurts
Sometimes, military life hurts. I’ve cried a lion’s share of tears waving at white buses carrying my soldier away or moving away from treasured friends. But today, it wasn’t my heart that hurt. Thankfully, our family is past most of the ways military life hurts. We’ve faced and survived our last deployment. We’ve posed for pictures at his retirement ceremony. For all intents and purposes, we’re civilians now. Except, we didn’t leave our military community. And it’s PCS season. For my non-military readers, PCS stands for permanent change of station. It isn’t really permanent, but means for the length of your orders you will be stationed at one base. PCS…
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Be Your Best Birthday Gift This Year
Do you want to know what my best birthday gift was this year? It was ME! Let me explain. I love my birthday. Getting one day that is all about me is my jam. But God has really spent the last few years convicting me of how selfish this attitude can be. Can you imagine Peter or Paul expecting a birthday gift or celebrations? Don’t get me wrong, I still avoided most of the housework, stayed in my pajamas a long time, relished a quiet workout in the pool, and enjoyed some fun experiences with friends and family. But I tried my best not to let my desire to enjoy…
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Do you Dare to Really Know Jesus?
If you would consider to dare to know Jesus, I invite you to give Him some serious thought today. Whether you’re a Christian or not, you probably claim to know Jesus, at least in broad strokes. In fact, worldwide, no one person has influenced history more than Jesus. The way we even measure history has been using His birth since A.D. 532. While using Before Christ has become less politically correct, the era still changes approximately at His birth. But which Jesus do you know? There is only one historical Jesus in reality, but how He is painted, described, even taught can vary wildly. And sadly, not even every person…
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Ditching the “I’ll be a better mom, tomorrow” Mentality
Do you stress yourself out worrying about being a better mom? Are you constantly feeling like you’ll be a better mom tomorrow? Let’s ditch that mentality today. And focus on what God wants for us as mothers today. This is where it gets tricky. Because what God wants for us is this incredibly delicate balance between His grace and conviction. God loves us where we are, but loves us enough not to leave us there. So how do we walk that line between not beating ourselves up, but also wanting to do it better tomorrow? After an incredibly hard day of parenting, I’ve stood by her bed, tears pricking my…
