Tag: motherhood
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Mothers of the Bible Series: Sarah
When God Meets Moms Right Where They Are By Leslie Konhaeuser, Mothering By Faith I once heard it said that if you look carefully at the Biblical narrative, you will see an interesting trend–God often meets men on mountaintops. Men are invited away from the busyness and the noise of their surroundings to meet with…
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Three Truths to Remember When Fear Over Faith Takes Root in Your Heart
I shifted the weight back and forth from leg to leg as I stood in the long line at the pharmacy waiting to return my medicine I had bought the prior day. The store was busy and to my discomfort, the line of people behind me was as long as the line of people in front…
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The Courage to Face the Hard is in Who You Trust
Motherhood has a way of bringing my weaknesses to the surface. One weakness that likes to make it’s way to the top -over and over again- is my inability to handle the hard well. I would be completely okay to never be in pain, uncomfortable, or pushed into doing something I don’t want to do.…
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5 Must Read Books for Biblical Motherhood
By Amber Palmer I have always loved to read, research, and really dig into topics I love. I was born a learner and that didn’t stop when I became a mom. The need to know all there was about motherhood was only intensified when I held my sweet baby in my arms for the first…
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Battling Insecurities: Aligning our Perspective with God’s
Insecure. A word I have strung along with me throughout my whole life. I have always been unsure of myself and uneasy in my own skin. I have a vivid memory of a young 9-year-old me, sitting in my 4th grade classroom and being so uncomfortable with the way my chin seemed to recede further…
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I Don’t Want to Mother My Children in My Own Strength
I didn’t know fear until I became a mom. Eleven years ago, fear made itself at home in my heart when I held my newborn baby in my arms for the first time. I remember rocking my daughter to sleep at night with tears streaming down my face because I didn’t want God to have…
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3 Truths to Remember When You Don’t Feel Like a Good Mom
I remember a few years ago coming across a post on Instagram asking the question to the followers, what made us a good mom. The question stopped my scrolling and made my heart drop. All I could think about was the ways I was not a good mom and how I could never measure up…
My Jars of Clay 