I’m not the best at sticking to a budget. Overall we are responsible with our money but from time to time we spend too much on certain categories of the budget (hello, eating out!) and that takes away money that we should be putting into saving and giving. We have felt strongly convicted about this …
One summer during college I was faced with a bit of a challenge. As a part of a group that I was in we did a day of team building at a high ropes course. I should mention that I’ve afraid of heights. I actually had no problem climbing up the rock wall. I just …
“Leviticus is my favorite book of the Bible.” Said no one ever. I know that “all Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness,” (2 Timothy 3:16) but let’s be honest- we all have our favorite books and for most of us Leviticus just isn’t one of them. However, …
I’m reading along with Good Morning Girls in the book of Exodus and as I read through chapters 26-30 this week I couldn’t help but be struck by the details. God lays out some very specific instructions for the tabernacle and worship in these chapters. He didn’t just say “Go build a tent”. God was …
Anyone remember this little gem? Feel free to dance along 🙂 I was reading through this week’s Good Morning Girls readings in Exodus and knee-deep in the specificity of all the laws God gave Israel I see one thing- love. More specifically, I see the laws as love in action. Some of the laws are a …
In my Good Morning Girls readings this week I was most impressed by Exodus 6:9- “ Moses reported this to the Israelites, but they did not listen to him because of their discouragement and harsh labor.” So what was the this that Moses reported to them? -That God remembered his covenant and would take them out of …
Sometimes I get mad at God. Usually my anger takes the form of a complaint of “For once why can’t things be easy or go well for me?!?!” I remember thinking that about the birth of my firstborn. For a time I struggled with being angry that I wasn’t able to have a “normal” birth. …
I’m sure we have all been there… plotting how to get back at our brother or sister. Well, I guess if you’re an only child (or some sort of angel) you’ve never been there. But many of us have been there… in a place where we felt wronged or hurt and wanting more than anything …
I’m reading through Genesis right now as a part of the Good Morning Girls Reading Through the Bible plan. And this week one verse just popped out to me more than any other: But Esau ran to meet Jacob and embraced him; he threw his arms around his neck and kissed him. And they wept. …
Once when Jacob was cooking some stew, Esau came in from the open country, famished. He said to Jacob, “Quick, let me have some of that red stew! I’m famished!” (That is why he was also called Edom.) Jacob replied, “First sell me your birthright.” “Look, I am about to die,” Esau said. “What …
“SORRY” “No, say it nicely- not in an angry voice.” “I’m sorry.” This scene has played out in my home more than once lately as we are trying to teach my 3 1/2 year old how to make things right- the right way. You see, it’s not just what you say that matters, how you …
I have two sons and I love them dearly. Like any other mama, I want to keep them safe from anything that might harm them physically or emotionally. But I know that is not possible. They will get hurt. And sometimes this knowledge that will get hurt fills me with immense fear and sadness. Lately …