“Why do you say, O Jacob, and speak, O Israel, ‘My way is hidden from the Lord, and my right is disregarded by my God’?” Isaiah 40:27 With a new baby, it’s easy to ask these same questions. Up late at night, your exhausted body and mind struggle to battle negative thoughts. “Why …
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Although I love sharing what God has been teaching me through motherhood, it is important that we seek the wisdom of mothers with older children. Titus 2 encourages older women to “…teach what is good, and so train the young women to love their husbands and children” (Titus 2:3-4). I’ve struggled as an introverted mom, …
My last pregnancy was difficult, emotionally, physically, and spiritually, but God is sovereign and uses all things for His glory. He used hyperemesis gravidarum and my son’s birth for my sanctification. As I came toward the end of the pregnancy, I meditated on Bible verses about giving birth and have compiled this list of comforting …
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When we adopted our son, I found myself as a new stay at home mom overwhelmed by motherhood. Tantrums, jet lag, and loneliness all culminated in the perfect storm. Thankfully, I wasn’t the first mother to experience stress and was able to turn to others for advice and support. If you’re feeling overwhelmed being a …
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As we seek to look to Christ in all things, we must be diligent students of the word. Yet, many new believers struggle with even knowing where to start in understanding the Bible. For a busy mama who struggles to find the time to take a shower, this feels daunting, yet seeking to learn how …
I am excited about the new 30 Days of Looking to Jesus challenge. My prayer is that it will be beneficial for Christian moms, but I did hold worries and doubts. I want mothers to see that looking to Jesus is not a vague concept, but a real practice for believers. However, I know that …
A Disciplined Faith: The Heart Behind the Looking to Jesus Challenge Read More »
During my son’s adoption process, I struggled with feeling out of control. Many decisions for our future were made by people who had never met us. Even though adoption proclaimed my son’s legal status as a member of my family, I still have less control over his life than I would like to admit. In …
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How do I feel on the bad days of hyperemesis gravidarum? Helpless and hopeless. Having experienced a miscarriage and infertility, it’s already easy to believe that my body is broken and has betrayed me. Add severe, debilitating nausea and vomiting in pregnancy and those ideas are only compounded. But, those feelings aren’t completely wrong. …
Four years of infertility and an irregular cycle means that I have taken my fair share of pregnancy tests. In the first two years of trying to conceive, I stood over the test, desperately waiting and praying to see the second line. In the third year, I still anxiously watched the test, but for different …
Pregnancy After Adoption: How Christians Should (and Shouldn’t) Respond Read More »
My son is at the age where he is beginning to gain some independence but still needs the majority of things done for him. Some days, I find myself tired of it all. Tired of wiping his bottom. Tired of hearing the phrase “hepa me pease” (help me please for those not fluent …
Tired of Being Needed? Mama, Find Your Rest in Christ Read More »
