Have you ever just had it up to here with fear? Wish you could find the sweet spot of courageous living and stay there? It busts open the heart walls with no invite and pounces on every rational thought. Catching us off guard before we ever have a chance to build our defense. Like a bully, it puffs its chest and blusters of strength and power greater than our own. And it threatens to steal every ounce of dignity we possess…because it can. I don’t know about you, but I’m over it! I’m tired of being held hostage by something that really has no power to demand the final word over my day or over my life or my dreams. I’m tired of the same bullying lies tormenting my heart~ You don’t have what it takes. You’re too ordinary. It’s too hard, not for you. It will never work. What if you Continue Reading
Making Room for the Unexpected – {Fresh Market Friday Link-Up}
By the time you read this, I will be en route to the airport, saying my hardest goodbye, reaching all the way to China. Although this parting is unexpected and filled with mama tears, it is also sweet and overflowing with God's blessings and confirmations. Making room for the unexpected is making room for God to bless. So, this week's Fresh Market Friday post is pulled from the archives exactly 2 years ago and is a timely reminder of how God's unseen hand is always going before. To pave the way for some of our most extraordinary, unexpected and life-changing blessings. ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ Today, I take the stairs to my third floor office. The anticipation of morning's first detail of checking email leaves me more breathless Continue Reading
4 Essentials to Building A Lasting Legacy
Hello friends! I'm so excited for the big reveal of my new site design this week and I hope you like it! The soft pinks and purples and pops of peach are calming and peaceful to my soul. The beautiful fonts have just enough subtle flourish combined with clean, calm detail. Oh, and what about those gorgeous lilacs!! A sweet memory I have from childhood is the tall lilac bushes lining one end of our yard and how they burst with the lavender blooms throughout the spring and summer months. Our swing set was located just in front of them, so to this day, I can vividly remember the sweet scent and sprawling hews. Did you know lilacs are symbolic of transformation of the soul? They also carry a meaning of confidence and love, so they are a perfect choice for the theme of Continue Reading
Mortar for Every Mother’s Weary Heart- Fresh Market Friday
When the last goodnight has been spoken and a long-awaited hush floats through the house, I exhale, trying to get my thoughts of inadequacy corralled and release the day’s tension. It's been a difficult day of mothering, and I wonder if I am really making a difference. I question whether all this emptying and pouring into will really create an overflow of glory. Not for me, but for Him. Do you ever feel this way? Like all the intentional effort and energy is yielding very little return? And you wonder what you are missing in this motherhood calling? This soul shaping and keeping of dreams is just plain hard some days. Our heart can wear tired at the constant rebuttals and eye-rolls and roller coaster emotions. I’ve never known how to raise a daughter. No sisters to lean Continue Reading