living each day by grace
Because it wasn't supposed to be like this. That's all I know. When people ask me what I need, I can't answer. Because I just don't know. I don't know what's going to make me feel better. I don't know what's going to stop my crying. I just don't know. And I hate it. I …
I'm sure I've written something similar before. Something along these same lines. I know, because I remember crying out to Him, asking Him "why" over and over again. I already know the answer. And I'm sort of grateful for that. Because I'm not in this place of wondering anymore. Because I know. I think back …
Lord, thank you. Thank you for this man. This amazing and perfect man. This man I never realized existed. This man who changed everything. Lord, thank you. Thank you for sending me a man who loves You more than he loves himself. A man who knows You. A man who fears You. A man who …
So recently I've been living or trying to live (verdict is still out on that) in a season of contentment. God has really put it on my heart that despite my best efforts this is where I am supposed to be, doing what I'm supposed to be doing. I can stop trying to run. I …
Earlier this week, when I found myself on the phone talking to my ex there was something different about him. It wasn't that we were getting along. It wasn't that he was finally saying all the things I had wished he had been saying. But it was that he was happy. He was actually happy. …
I have spent most of the day yelling. My kids are in that stage where all they do is tell on each other and fight. Maybe that's a bit of an exaggeration, but a vast majority of our day is just that. I try to be that calm mother. The one who doesn't raise her …
It's funny how a little perception can change a whole lot of the view. Remember last week when I was talking about how I sometimes look around the house and I'm overwhelmed because I'm the only one who cleans. Or does dishes. Or laundry. Or kills really big spiders. Or buys a Christmas tree. This …
Okay y'all, we all know that I love to travel and that God has given me the opportunity to do a little bit of traveling with the kids these last couple of months. And the truth is, I love every destination. I can find beauty in everything that we do because it has been such …
I am a blogger, a writer, and more important, I am a testimony to Christ and what He has done for me. What only He can do for me. I may share too much. I may be too open for some, but it's not my story, it's His. And so I share it. There have …
Well, it's finally here. The end of 2015. What a year?! (Can I get an 'Amen'?!) I've thought a lot about this post. About what I would say. About my reflection on this past year. I've been reading so many updates and Facebook statuses from friends who are wishing nothing but ending of this year. …
