Why is it so difficult for many to understand God’s Love for us when there are so many verses about God’s love for us?  On those days when we struggle to believe that anyone can love us, we must first look to God’s word to know just how God loves us and who he says we are based on that love.  God’s love for us is shown throughout scripture when God says I am: 1.  Loved Jeremiah 31:3 – Long ago the Lord said to Israel: “I have loved you, my people, with an everlasting love. With unfailing love I have drawn you to myself.” When we read scripture, we know that every time Israel is ..read more

During a restless night with sleep being far from my reach, the phrase “distraction leads to destruction” passed through my mind. For probably too long, I thought about those words and what they meant to me and my life — distraction leads to destruction.   The next morning “distraction leads to destruction” continued to pop up in my thoughts.  As I read my Bible, I tried to think of stories where the people became distracted and ended up suffering destruction.  Story after story played in my mind, because, frankly, anytime there was destruction a level of distraction had mo ..read more

Affirmations are spoken in order to confirm in someone that a statement (the affirmation) about them is true.  I believe we can speak many things to others in order to make them feel better about themselves, but when the affirmations we speak to others or ourselves are truth that come from the Word of God, we speak life.   Here are 12 daily affirmations for every Christian woman. Affirmation #1 –  I have everything I need. Psalm 23:1 When the Lord is our shepherd, he provides all that we need. We do not have to compare ourselves to others and what they have and become disco ..read more

Being a mom is something I don’t know that I dreamed of like little girls I knew did, but it’s definitely a role that I am honored to have.  My children include three daughters and one son.  My son is the baby.  That’s probably all I have to say about that.  I often tell others that my oldest two children got a totally different mom than my youngest children. The reality is that moms are all so different.  The way we mom varies greatly from the way another mom does things.  We are all so distinct, but there is one underlying truth that makes us the same. What make ..read more

Have you ever seen a movie where a pregnant lady is convinced that she can’t be in labor yet, then her Nora & Josephine Lewis water breaks in a gush all over the floor, and she and her husband speed to the hospital emergency room and demand that someone get them a wheelchair while the mother’s screams and moans are attracting the attention of every human being in a one-mile radius? Plus or minus a few details, you’ve heard my daughter’s birth story. As a first-time mom, it was an overwhelming experience. The fact that my daughter was two months early and breech complicated the matters ..read more

Anxiety is something that hits close to home for me.  My daughter struggled with depression and frequently had anxiety attacks for years.  As a mom, I wasn’t sure what to do to help her.  More times than not, I just prayed.  Quickly, I became acutely aware of what the symptoms of anxiety were but still didn’t know how to combat them.  She took medication, but the medication didn’t free her from the depression or the anxiety. Though it took time, we discovered that we were fighting in all of the wrong ways.  Her depression and anxiety were not merely problems with ..read more

Verses about faith and works have been debated time and time again.  The reality is that the scriptures are clear about faith and works.   Ephesians 2:8-10 tells us, 8 “God saved you by his grace when you believed. And you can’t take credit for this; it is a gift from God. 9 Salvation is not a reward for the good things we have done, so none of us can boast about it. 10 For we are God’s masterpiece. He has created us anew in Christ Jesus, so we can do the good things he planned for us long ago.”  The gift of our salvation comes from our faith in God.  It isn’t a reward ..read more

When times of crisis arise, our thoughts run to what we are going to do and how we can make our situation better.  Yet, so many times we forget to do the one thing that will help us. Pray. Prayer is such a simple answer, but with such powerful results.  The only problem is sometimes we don’t even know what words to pray.  In times like this, I always look to God’s Word. Here is a simple prayer to focus our thoughts in times of crisis. 2 Corinthians 4:16-18, NLT ~I never give up in times of crisis~ God, I am walking through a time of crisis and am uncertain what to do in my own a ..read more

At any given moment a person can be in the midst of a crisis, or the world we live in can be in a time of crisis.  Regardless if it’s our world or the world around us in a time of crisis, we determine how we respond. As a believer our response matters, and it matters for eternity.   So, how does a believer respond in a time of crisis?  There are 5 ways you can respond. 1. Pray In Psalms as in other books of the Bible, we see the effects of prayer, “The Lord has heard my plea; the Lord will answer my prayer (Psalms 6:9, NLT). Not for one minute am I going to say this is easy ..read more

Prayer is such an important part of our lives.  It is that moment when we are communing with our heavenly Father. Prayer strengthens our ongoing relationship with God. The scripture tells us to pray without ceasing (1 Thess. 5:17), but so many times it’s one of the things we neglect to do in our Christian walk.  The prayers of Jesus give us insight if we are prepared to learn. Jesus continually stole away to pray to his Father.  We even see Jesus pray while he was dying an excruciating death on the cross.  If I were in the same situation, I can’t honestly say praying would ..read more