There’s a difference between being present physically and being present relationally and emotionally in your home. While both are important, it’s the latter that truly meets needs. Not the present-but-cranky, distant or distracted parent and wife I have often been, but the one that engages, sees, and builds up those in her home. Through intentionally choosing to be fully present, we are… Read more
“There is nothing more terrible than activity without insight.” Thomas Carlyle (1795-1881) Are you living more as a human being or a human doing? At our core, we were meant to be, not do. …To be in God’s presence. To be still. To be His people, and as an outflow from our identity in Him, to live godly lives and love others. Yet most of… Read more
I love egg-hunts and traditions and hidden Easter baskets. But more importantly, I love the amazing truths of Jesus life, death and resurrection that we get to celebrate with our children on Easter. This year in particular, as my kids are getting a little older, I’m looking into what it might mean to turn their attention to Jesus in a… Read more
How do your prayers sound? If you’re like most of us, they probably a involve mostly a lot of requests on behalf of others and a lot of “me’s.” Help me, heal me, change me, guide me, forgive me. These are all wonderful and powerful prayers to pray. However, unfortunately, that’s as far as many of us ever get. Our prayers… Read more
Sometimes the most powerful motivator for me to slow the busyness of life to BE with God is a simple invitation, spoken straight from His Word. To such an invitation, my spirit can’t help but say, “yes!” As I talked with one of my nearest, dearest friends this week, she mentioned a list she’d curated of Bible verses about spending time with God.… Read more
I read a Psalm this morning that gave me pause. It said: “Seventy years are given to us! / Some may even reach eighty. / But even the best of these years are filled with pain and trouble; / soon they disappear, and we are gone… / Teach us to make the most of our time, / so that we may grow in wisdom.” Psalm 90:10-12 (NLT)… Read more
I remember making the transition from working woman to stay-at-home mom when my oldest child was born in 2011. Although I had never been a particularly clean or tidy person, I imagined what a stellar housewife and homemaker I would be with ALL THAT time on my hands. Of course, the house would be spotless, sparkling and tidy. Plus I’d… Read more
True, godly hospitality is not a matter of sharing what we have for our own sake, to impress others or feel important No, true hospitality is sharing what we have for the sake of the other. That means God might call us to open our homes even if they’re not fancy or impressive or perfectly furnished or perfectly clean. It means He might call us to… Read more
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