Faith based living
Insights and anecdotes about living by faith in our role as women, wives, and mothers.
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Gear for Good: Cotopaxi Blessing Bags
God’s perfect timing put two great stories of using Gear for Good in my path, about giving back and being part of changing lives. Both address the need to see through eyes that give more than spare change, instead giving the ability to change lives. Has the Holy Spirit ever prompted you to do something way out of your comfort zone? Like giving to someone you would normally walk past or talking to a stranger who looks lonely? On vacation this summer, God prompted me to get up from my meal, walk out to the boardwalk and take a picture of a couple who were talking and laughing, surreal to…
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Handling Hard in Friendship: Just Show Up
It starts with a phone call, a knock on the door, a doctor’s test result and out of nowhere, hard just showed up. Suddenly, life becomes divided into before/after. This week again has been a series of hard emails and phone calls. Serious, deep needs have surrounded me. And I’ve been reminded that I can just show up even if that is silent prayers and text messages. (this site uses Affiliate links-purchases support our ministry through a small referral fee that never affects your cost.) What do you do when the news isn’t yours? How do you just show up when a friend goes through HARD? Saturday, I started reading Just…
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My Best New Years Resolution
I used to make the same resolution every year. But I don’t want to make just any resolution this year. I want to make my BEST New Years Resolution. How do you decide what New Years Resolution to make? Do you give it tons of thought? choose a bad habit you’ve been meaning to quit? or decide to try something new? This year, I was kind of at a loss. Maybe, I’m taking life more seriously as I get older, but I’m tired of shallow resolutions that don’t become life changes. Every year, I used to make the same New Years Resolution – to lose weight. I’m not a whole…
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3 Ways to be a Happier Mom
Do you want to be a happier mom? Be a Mom without complaining. Did you just laugh? Because momming is soul sucking. You have an MBA but just spent ten minutes arguing with a two-year-old that the strawberry jam in the squeeze bottle is exactly the same as the jar. Cleaning house is pointless. You want a healthy, clean house for a tiny person who leaves messes in his wake like Godzilla in Tokyo. Life is a never-ending cycle of feeding people, cleaning up after people and doing chores over and over and over. And sometimes there is poop – okay, lots of times, there is poop. So how do…
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Thanksgiving Attitude – More than a Day
Do you have a Thanksgiving attitude just on the fourth Thursday in November or should thanksgiving be an attitude we have for more than just one day? In 2015, Thanksgiving was a contradiction in our home. While most of the country celebrated with large meals and loud boisterous gatherings, our table was be quiet. (Heaven not Harvard is as a participant in affiliate programs including the Amazon Associates Program. As an affiliate, I earn from qualifying purchases.) It was just another day without daddy in a long month of long daddy-less days. But instead of sadness and bitterness over his responsibility to the army, I was able to react and…
