Since it’s a long one, read Hebrews 3:1- 4:16 in your own Bible. Today’s Bible reading is two chapters and, no, it’s not a typo. We are going to focus on chapter 4, verses 9-13, but the context that chapter 3 and the beginning of chapter […]

Exhausted mom real life confession: I haven’t used an alarm clock more than five or six times in the last 3 years. My children have replaced that role in my life. If you have older children, you have likely gone a much longer time than […]

Psalm 127 (the Message) “1-2 If God doesn’t build the house, the builders only build shacks. If God doesn’t guard the city, the night watchman might as well nap. It’s useless to rise early and go to bed late, and work your worried fingers to […]

1 Corinthians 13 is traditionally used at weddings. Rightly so, loving your spouse in a way that reflects Christ’s love for us is infinitely important. Loving our children with that same love is also critical to building a trusting relationship with them and pointing them […]

Luke 12:22-34 “22 Then Jesus said to his disciples: “Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat; or about your body, what you will wear. 23 For life is more than food, and the body more than clothes. 24 […]

Sometimes I let my imagination get the best of me. Before I realize that I’m even daydreaming,  I’ve played out a dramatic story of how my child is going to contract a rare veggie deficiency disease that causes his bones to become brittle and he […]

Have you ever used the Bible verse as a weapon against someone, like when your kid won’t eat veggies? Not in the gospel-spreading armor of God way (Ephesians 6:10-17) but in a you-better-listen-to-me-or-else way? Ephesians 6:1 “1 Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for […]

Being a mom is really, really hard. And when our background or history isn’t picture perfect, it’s easy to feel inadequate, not good enough, and like the challenges of being a mom are even harder than they are for all of the other mommas who […]

One of the first things we figure out is that being a mom is awesome and hard. But have you ever thought about this: without us, the world as we know it comes to an end. Literally. Without mothers to grow and birth children, there […]

The Bible makes it pretty clear that it’s important. We are to abide in God’s word, not just know that it exists and we’ll get to it later. Not only is it from God, a part of God, and is God (John 1:1), it’s essential […]