Tag Archive: Bible

The Waiting Game

Back in the spring of 2006, God put a strong call on my life.  I argued with Him (while crying, laughing and driving down a dangerous stretch of highway).  I told Him He definitely had the wrong girl.  But, God can be persistent (in case you didn’t know that). Fast forward three and a half…

Contentment and Kids

I realized something this weekend.  My children do not possess a spirit of contentment. Maybe it’s the catastrophe in Haiti, maybe it is reading the Bible in 90 days, maybe it is observing how my kids handle disappointment…I don’t know.  But, I do know that I am deeply convicted that it needs to change. To…

Mamavation Monday

I am so proud of the Mamavation moms and Leah Segedie from Bookieboo for coming up with the concept. I had fallen off the Mamavation wagon during the holidays although I was able to make some changes like eliminating soda from our house, switching to all whole grains and trying to increase my physical activity….

Fresh Perspective

Image via Wikipedia I joined the Bible in 90 days challenge and have posted about it before. Our reading focused on Leviticus for most of the week last week. I admit that I went into it kind of rolling my eyes and being irritated about all the do’s and don’ts.  (You have to understand that…

Balance, goals and all that

Image by Ro / wererabbit via Flickr There have been a flurry of posts about New Year’s resolutions, goals, etc.  Many women have been feeling the need to balance it all (particularly those of us that blog/work from home).  While I by no means have the market cornered in work/life balance, I have come a…

Where I am at…

Image by loswl via Flickr I have joined with several other ladies in a pledge to read the Bible in 90 days (you can learn more about it here).  Today is day five.  I wanted to share some of my thoughts from what I have read so far.  It is truly amazing what God can…

Starting the year off right

Image by hyperscholar via Flickr I first heard about The Bible in 90 days challenge on Twitter (and if you don’t tweet, this is just another reason to hop on the bandwagon with the rest of us Reading through the entire Bible is something I have only done two other times in my life and…

Uniquely You

Today, joining with Laurie from Women Taking a Stand, we are being thankful for uniqueness. I think my readers are painfully aware of the things that make me unique so I thought I would point out some things I am thankful for about the ways the people I love are special to me, because of…