Dear Stressed-out Christmas mama, Oh precious maker of Christmas magic; you who thoughtfully chose gifts, decorate cookies, hang garland, applaud at Christmas pageants, hang out at the grocery store more than your own kitchen, and fearfully watch your checking balance dwindle; I promise you that what you’ve done is enough. It is enough. You can […]
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Rest for the Weary
My reaction to stress is very much like that of an opossum – sleep! When my stress level goes up, the covers go over my head. I want rest. I crave rest. But so often I go to the wrong place to find that rest. A nap, scrolling through facebook, a great cup of coffee, […]
A Time of Rest in a Season of Stress
I fully intended to post this week about the Write It, Learn It, Live It Bible Study Method for kids. I feel so passionate about that and want to further explore ways to help our kids learn the Bible, and yet every time I sit down to post I find myself staring at a white […]
Day 26: Rest
Sometimes you just have to rest. More importantly you have to give yourself permission to rest
May we SEE You as our hiding place
“I will take refuge in the shadow of Your wings until the disaster has passed.” Psalm 57:1b OK, so the psalmist probably was not talking about the flu when he wrote about disaster passing, but our entire family coming down with the flu this weekend (when we should have been celebrating our son’s 12th birthday) […]