Faith based living
Insights and anecdotes about living by faith in our role as women, wives, and mothers.
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Don’t Waste Your Wait! You might have a Divine Appointment
Are you open to a Divine Appointment or are you wasting your wait? I have a confession to make. I hate waiting! Like to a ridiculous degree. In my efficiency-minded, multi-tasking little head, waiting is wasted time. I could have been … cleaning, writing, homeschooling, etc. (read-at home in yoga pants!) But I’ve let that mean that I’m always waiting to get ready until the last possible second, stressing everyone about getting out the door because I didn’t want to get places too early and waste MY time waiting. I didn’t see all the ways God could be using my waits. Last fall, my husband convicted me about how this…
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How a Forest Fire Reminded Me of the Refiner’s Fire
(this site uses Affiliate links-purchases support our ministry through a small referral fee that never affects your cost.) Fire is dangerous, destructive, scary. But the Bible promises us the Refiner’s fire has purpose in our lives, even when it feels like just a forest fire. Have you been struggling through a difficult season? Feeling a little lost, maybe even abandoned by God? I know I have! Grasping at His truths and promises, but fighting fear has been my everyday for months. And in one quick, almost throw-away moment driving down the highway, God reminded me He’s working all things together for my good. Thick black smoke rose from the dense…
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How to Be a Godly Woman in a Modern World
Want to know how to be a Godly woman in the modern world? Trying to be a Godly woman in a modern world is complicated. The world is at our fingertips, and there are so many ways to lose our way. So how do we stand firm in our faith? The world’s ideas of modern femininity surround us. Entertainment, politics, and even education proclaim what it means to be a woman. Trying to avoid the current cultural definition of femininity would be like trying to take a bath without getting wet. I know I won’t navigate it perfectly, but I want to be a woman after God’s heart most of…
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The Bizarre Thing I’m Giving Up for Lent that will Make Me a Better Mom
Growing up, Lent was something only the Catholics I knew celebrated. I didn’t know any Protestants celebrating it until recently. I thought it strange, until I understood Lent’s purpose for believers. Lent is a season of repentance, fasting or sacrifice, and reflection that precedes Easter. Lent honors Jesus’s season of preparation, fasting, and temptation in the wilderness before he began his public ministry which would eventually lead to His crucifixion. The closer I’ve drawn to God, the more I realize Christ has called all His children to live sacrificially, no matter our denomination. It’s not about church tradition. Lent is about preparing our hearts to accept Christ’s sacrifice at Easter.…
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A Rape Victim’s Problem with Fifty Shades and the like
The Fifty Shades series is just the newest, shiniest example of racy romance novels turned into movies. As a Christian, I shouldn’t have to say anything to other Christians about not to reading or watching them, but as a rape victim and a mother, I felt I needed to. A lot of wonderful pastors have written tremendous articles about the dangers of Christians watching movies like Fifty Shades of Grey and Fifty Shades Darker. I can’t add much to such an excellent Christian commentary. I can only offer the purity standard I try to maintain for our home. Philippians 4:8 ESV / Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is honorable,…
