Friends, it is a joy to welcome my dear friend Kelly Balarie back to the blog today! Her new book, Battle Ready, released on July 5th and it is already changing lives. Kelly equips her readers to transform their thinking from lie-filled, doubt-filled and stuck to empowered by the life-giving truth of the Spirit. I can promise, you want to get your hands on this book. I was in the waiting room for the MRI. All that was going through my mind was thoughts of, "This is horrible. I am never Continue Reading
Hope for When We Second-Guess Ourselves as Moms
My mastery of second-guessing myself didn’t end when I became a mom. If anything, it became worse. I second-guess what the kids ate for lunch. I wonder if blonde, hazel-eyed charmer should be further along in his reading ability. When the endless sibling rivalry turns physical I think, “Didn’t I teach them better than this? Will they ever get along?” Sometimes the worst critics are the ones running on repeat in our heads.We teach them to share, to love their neighbor and show respect. But when Continue Reading
When You’re Struggling With Doubt, Remember These Things
“They didn’t go down on their price,” my husband said with a tone of defeat. I looked down at my pregnant belly and tried to fight tears. This was the second offer we’d made on a house we hoped to make our home, but things weren’t going as planned. We would have to walk away. For what seemed the hundredth time that week, I questioned God. Were we making a huge mistake? Our old house sat on the other side of the country, unsellable. My in-laws basement was our temporary living quarters Continue Reading