Being married is amazing. Being married is incredibly difficult. Being married can seem impossibly hard. Being married is incredibly beautiful. Yes, marriage is a fragile blend of all of this and more.
Remember who you are. Don’t compromise for anyone, for any reason. You are a child of the Almighty God. Live that truth.
Trusting God’s plan is the only secret I know in the gentle art of not freaking out.
Don’t let people’s compliments go to your head, and don’t let their criticisms go to your heart. The degree to which you do either of these things is the degree to which you’ll be ruled by what other people think of you.
Even Jesus, the Savior of the world, had to take time each day to ask for his portion.
Bad moments don’t make bad mommas.
The only true satisfaction we can seek is the satisfaction of being obedient to the Lord.
Life as a Christ follower will always be a learning process of depending less on our own strength and more on God’s power.
I give grace because I so desperately need it.
We are made for the same home and power that raised Christ from the dead.
We must determine to hear God’s Words and put them into practice.
When feelings of inadequacy come creeping in, let’s park our minds in God’s truth.
If you desire to please God with the decision you make and afterward it proves to be a mistake, it’s an error not an end.
God has challenged me to grow in my knowledge of Him but I have to CHOOSE whether or not to display this growth through my actions.
The only way our faith will ever strengthen is for us to use it. We need to apply thought and prayer to our decisions and then trust God for the outcome. We need to set our sights on growing in faith, not shrinking back for fear of failure.
Feelings should be indicators, not dictators.
Saying yes all the time won’t make me Wonder Woman. It will make me a worn out woman.
Don’t allow the unrealistic demands of others to march freely into your life.
Like a tree, a woman can’t carry the weight of two seasons simultaneously. In the violent struggle of trying, she’ll miss every bit of joy each season promises to bring.
So often, we want big directional signs from God. God just wants us to pay attention. But we need to leave enough space in our days to get up from our prayers and actually look for God in the moment-to-moment things that happen.
We aren’t supposed to strive for perfection everyday. If we were perfect, we’d have no need for Jesus. And it’s through our imperfections that we really feel the pull toward our need for a Savior. So the imperfections serve a wonderful purpose if we’ll let them.