Tag: Biblical Mothering
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Return for Gratitude
In the dark, I heard my youngest cry out. Normally a good sleeper, his cries startled me, and when I went into his room his breathing was irregular, raspy and labored. Crossing the house with my little one in tow, I brought him to my husband and for a long while we listened to the…
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Sacrificial Love
By Jaci Newell “Beep. Beep. Beep.” The steady rhythm of the machines filled the quiet NICU room as I embraced her tiny hand wrapped around my finger. The sounds had become strangely familiar—monitors tracking every heartbeat, every breath, every small sign that her fragile little body was fighting to grow stronger. After a traumatic birth,…
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Seasons
Written by Eileen Lopez It looks pretty dead to the casual observer, but is it really dead? It is winter in my part of the world right now. The days are cold, and the nights are often colder. Recently we had several days of freezing temperatures that had a negative effect on many of the…
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Introducing Unbroken; Mothering in a World Gone Wrong
What does it mean to mother unbroken? Sometimes we look to situations we can relate to in order to draw strength and inspiration. Unbroken is not a book like that. Unbroken challenges mamas from all walks of life to look at the Apostle Paul in his second letter to Timothy and see how living a…
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Multiplied
In our situations, Jesus is more than able to multiply, too. He doesn’t need us to force our situations to “work out”. We don’t need to make our day planners leaner or schedules stretch further, we simply need to trust God to multiply what only He can.
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Getting Older, Growing Renewed
Therefore we do not lose heart, but though our outer man is decaying, yet our inner man is being renewed day by day. 17 For momentary, light affliction is producing for us an eternal weight of glory far beyond all comparison, 18 while we look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen; for the things which…
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Light Up Toys and Surviving on Milk
It is remarkable the toys that entertain our littles every day. At my house. our youngest can be kept occupied with a small wooden farm for enormous amounts of time. She is happy with this simple toy until she discovers how much more fun she could have tearing up our collection of children’s books. Or…
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When the Dryer Breaks and Stomach Flu Hits
In a household of six, with four six and under, two things spell doom: stomach flu and the inability to easily do laundry. This week we had both. Late one night we were woken by my two-year-old who was very sick and very upset about it. That night was spent cleaning vomit and making an…
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Spilled Coffee; Best Intentions.
You, however, continue in the things you have learned and become convinced of, knowing from whom you have learned them, 15 and that from childhood you have known the sacred writings which are able to give you the wisdom that leads to salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus. 16 All Scripture is inspired by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, for training in…
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Mothering in God’s Strength
“And He has said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for power is perfected in weakness.” Most gladly, therefore, I will rather boast about my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may dwell in me. 10 Therefore I am well content with weaknesses, with insults, with distresses, with persecutions, with difficulties, for Christ’s sake; for when I am weak, then I am strong.” 2 Corinthians 12:9-10…
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