[This post is a devotional I wrote for a baby shower. I hope it’s an encouragement to you.] One of the biggest struggles I faced as a new mom was wanting to do everything exactly right and being certain I’d do everything exactly wrong. This self-doubt led only to comparison, worry, and fear. I compared…
Last week, I wrote on a CM quote that talked about knowing glory when we see it. Sunday, my pastor preached a baptism sermon on this passage, Psalm 90:16: Let your work be shown to your servants, and your glorious power to their children. It is a reminder that as parents we must pray that…
A year ago, I asked for book recommendations for my year of Attend! One of the books recommended was Crazy Busy by Kevin DeYoung. I started in in December. But, now, I’m thinking it is almost as perfect for my year of }pacify{. Can we really be at peace when our schedules are so chock full…
If you check out my Wordless Wednesday picture which is only from the last week of our Yuletide Session activities – and know that it is only representative and not complete – you’ll see why I am using the same quote I used on Monday’s Daybook post. Or perhaps you won’t. But I’m doing it…
We are two chapters from the end of The Singing Tree, the sequel to The Good Master by Kate Seredy. The Good Master was a little more fun with happy stories about managing a family and farm in Hungary. This book, while also quite good, is more involved with events of the day – well, of…
I’m belatedly preparing to lead Bible Study this morning, and reading through the lesson in Francis Breisch’s excellent text, The Ministry of Christ, I had a question answered that I kinda always had. We’re currently studying the portion in Acts where Paul casts out the demon in the slave girl who is forced to tell…
During this election season fraught with lying liars who lie to gain power, I find myself contemplating the goodness of God, his might and power, and his eternal plan. While I look at the current candidates for office, I remember that God is in control and I can look to him. Not in complaisance, but…
All of us struggle. Sometimes its with our emotions, sometimes with our worries, sometimes with our family members, sometimes with our own expectations – even ones we pile upon ourselves. We were coming up on two weeks until the end of the term and I was struggling. Oh, not with anything in particular, just in…
We sang ‘Come Thou Fount’ on Sunday. We sing it rather often, which is wonderful as it’s a favorite of mine. It has so many beautiful, quotable lines. If you google images for “Bind my Wandering Heart” and “Prone to Wander” there are oodles of them. (I totally chose oodles to go with google.) But…
A couple of weeks ago, I posted in my Daybook this quote from When You Pray, “We cannot hallow God until God hallows us.” I’ve been reading When You Pray by Philip Graham Ryken for a month or two now and very much enjoying it. I’m finding it very helpful in my own praying of the…