How To Radiate Beauty (Picture Parable of the Week)

The other morning before Robert left for work I asked to sneak out for a walk…alone!  A walk without strollers, cries, or my 3-year old’s questions.  I just wanted to be with God in the quiet for 15 minutes.  Robert encouraged me to take this time so off I went. I walked past a ditch I […]

What cloud are you under?

After watching Frozen for the twentieth time, I couldn’t hold it in any longer!  This movie makes my heart do back flips!  From our identity in Christ to learning how to love like Jesus, it’s so much more than the next greatest Disney movie. As I giggle watching Olaf, the comical frozen snowman, I can’t […]

Unwrapping Your Potential Party

My daughters and I were walking through Target when I stopped at His prompting.  I gazed down the party supply aisle.  The Lord spoke to my heart and said “You know, every day is a party with me…”  I know… my heart whispered in excitement.  Oh, how I truly, truly know that, Holy Spirit…  What […]

Why Knowing Your 5 Love Languages Is Beneficial To Your Happiness

There’s only an hour left before the husband is supposed to walk through that front door. An audience of toys, dirty dishes, unfolded laundry, and a family still in pajamas would greet him at the door if I didn’t act quickly. Sixty minutes and the race begins! “Girls, Daddy’s almost home!” We get dressed, and […]

Are You “Salty” or Salt?

Whenever I see salt I think of a number of different things from God’s perspective, but one that sings loudly is God asking me: Are you “salty” or “salt”?  We are daily given the opportunity to respond to a number of different people in various situations.  I see this picture and it reminds me to question […]

Two Things You Can Do Today to Live Fully Alive!

In order to thrive in life, there are two things that are non-negotiable. If we can learn to strive for and rely on the Lord’s grace for these two things, our lives will be abundantly blessed and thriving! Are you willing to do what it takes to get to your thriving life with Christ? I […]

Five Ways To Be An Excellent Mom

I’m An Inadequate Mom Only weeks after our daughter was born I was sitting in the rocking chair with tears rolling down my face wondering why I’m not a good mom. How come I cannot handle one baby and one toddler when other moms have four, five or twelve? I love my children but I’m […]

The Secret To Being Used By God

If you asked someone to pick up your car from the shop and they brought back your key, what would you think?  Did they do what you wanted?  Partially, but not fully, right? In 1 Samuel 15 we read about a man named Saul who decided to partially obey God instead of fully obey.  Saul’s […]

My Dad Is Walking Across America! Want To Know Why?

Right now the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association video crew is filming my parents (for the second time).  Want to know why?  Because my dad is walking across America for Jesus! I am proud of my 66-year old dad (proud of my mom, too).  On his 3,000 mile journey to New York (from Newbury Park, California), […]

Your 7 Most Delicious Bible Study Ingredients

How do you like studying the Bible?  Do you wake up every morning ready to spend time with the Lord?  Ready to receive a piece of fresh yummy bread from the Bible? If not, I think I know what the problem is.  You are not equipped to fall in love with the Lord through the […]