To help with a bit of a "maternity leave" here on the blog, my dear friend Jordan is back with another great post! You probably will recognize her from her posts like A Peek Inside My Diaper Bag or Once A Month Meal Planning. It's fun to have Jordan back on the blog today - this time, sharing about some touching missionary stories that will kindle your heart for the world. ** I'm including affiliate links in this post, mostly so that you can easily find these inspiring stories on Amazon! … [Read more...]
Fighting Fear in Pregnancy After Miscarriage
Today's post has been a difficult one to write. It has taken about a year for me to get more comfortable with sharing this part of my story. While miscarriage will never be an easy topic to write or talk about, I believe there is power and comfort to be found in sharing our personal experiences. Even though we all have different stories, my wish is that me sharing my story can offer you some encouragement and hope in your own journey. I mentioned our November 2016 miscarriage in a recent … [Read more...]
Trusting God When Plan A Doesn’t Happen
The Inner Drive To Plan I am a planner. (And that's an understatement, haha.) I've been that way my whole life. I LOVED the day we first got our planners in 3rd grade. It was like a dream come true. You mean I could fill this thing out, look ahead at what's coming, and see what all needs to get done?! I was thrilled! I learned that I had the ability to essentially map out my life! Anyone else like that? :) I'm the type of planning personality that can drive a more low-key personality … [Read more...]
Is Self-Care Selfish?
Self-care is getting a ton of attention lately. It pops up everywhere - on blogs, in magazine articles, in conversation, and just in our general culture. It seems to be centered around the 20-something lifestyle, but of course, we still see it all over! The topic of self-care is a lot more complicated than it seems at first glance. It's been hitting me recently just how complex it is! We initially would consider "self-care" to simply mean taking good care of oneself...but, since the term … [Read more...]
Prayer Cards For Your Marriage (a free printable!)
Do your lips ever start to move in prayer, only for you to hesitate because you feel like you can't articulate it all? I feel that way so much of the time! Thankfully, Romans 8:26-27 reminds us of a promising truth: In the same way, the Spirit helps us in our weakness. For we do not know how we ought to pray, but the Spirit Himself intercedes for us with groans too deep for words. And He who searches our hearts knows the mind of the Spirit, because the Spirit intercedes for the saints … [Read more...]
Reflecting on Healthy Productivity: 5 Questions to Ask Yourself
Productivity is such a preoccupation in our culture right now. It is such a common practice now days to announce just how busy we are...without truly evaluating whether or not we are being productive. I think this misunderstanding of busyness versus productivity stems in the fact that we consider the two to be synonymous. They're not always the same thing! Being "Busy" Versus Being Productive: Being "busy" is practically what is expected, what is sought after, what is typical -- … [Read more...]
7 Ways to Slow Down And Savor Your Current Season
I feel like a broken record saying this, but life just flies along at a crazy pace sometimes, doesn't it? And the speed of it all seems to be ever-increasing. In our society, it's as if we only have a couple seconds to focus on any given topic at a time! Even when I'm scrolling through Instagram or Facebook, if I refresh my feed, the current photo at the top is immediately gone and it's on to the supposed next-best thing... But this pace of life, although exciting, is draining with its … [Read more...]
Bible Verses for the Work Week (Free Printables!)
Sometimes the work week almost surprises us - shocks us wide awake with its noise, its tasks, its hustle and bustle, and its audacity! And unfortunately, I sometimes don't enter my work week prepared with an attitude and emotional resiliency that only God can give. I don't always "have time" in the morning to sit down and really soak in truths from my Creator. I tend to rush through my day, checking off tasks and allowing my frustrations to mount until afternoon, when it really hits me just how … [Read more...]
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