How long since you’ve lived life unplanned? Do you find yourself bogged down in self-sufficiency, driven by fear and the need to control? When was the last time you allowed yourself the joy of embracing a single moment, with expectation and excitement? What if the one message your heart needs to hear could bring renewal today? The kind of renewal that infuses life into all of our topsy-turvy, unpredictable days and leaves us breathless to the wonder of such grace...that's the message I need today, and I'm guessing you do too. Because like you, my heart is in desperate need of hope, and I long to sit on my Father's lap and let him remind me of the life He has created for me to live. I yearn to hear Him tell me it's Ok to let go, that He's got this, and He's got me. That's Continue Reading
Perfecting Parenting Through Prayer
I wholeheartedly believe prayer is the difference between imperfect parenting and perfecting parenting. Because at the end of the day, we all fall short in the parenting department. And that’s okay! We are never expected to be perfect parents. In this series, we’ve touched on just a few aspects of parenting in hope to ensure our children become who God created them to be. From leading them toward their bent, stepping up as the keeper of their dreams, cultivating both a confident and humble heart in them, and choosing to embrace great expectations through the entire journey. I feel as though I’ve saved the best for last...the core truth of prayer as the agent which fuels all of parenting. It's the one truth I’ve tried to weave throughout each week. That yes, as parents, we are Continue Reading
5 Truths for Parenting with Great Expectations
Learning to parent with great expectations is one of the earliest lessons I learned as a way to plant hope in the hearts of my children. Hope not only for what they could do but for what God could do and wanted to do through them. Continue Reading
7 Steps to Become an Intentional Hope-Gifter
How well would you rate yourself as a gifter? I used to be pretty good at it, but through the years as life has squeezed and time has pinched, I’ve not done such a great job in this area. "Last minute" seems to be my modus operandi. Why a post on gift giving? Well, I’m really feeling the crunch with graduations, weddings, baby showers and birthdays all hitting within a couple months of each other. For many years I kept a shelf in my closet filled with gifts I found throughout the year, but too many years have gone by while the shelf sits empty. I’m tired of playing catch-up, always behind, and gift giving is a big area in which I want to be more intentional. But more than all of this, I'm feeling the nudge to move beyond my world and into someone else's. In a world filled with Continue Reading