Devotional

God’s goodness is not just confined to our definition. Sometimes we can look back and realize that God’s goodness was our grace. We can be thankful.

Scripture tells us in Deuteronomy 6:5-9 (NIV): “Love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength.  These commandments that I give you today are to be on your hearts. Impress them on your children.  Talk about them when you sit at home and when you

“Let God to the hard work.” Standing there ironing, the words barreled out my husband’s mouth to pierce the wall of my doubt. Oh, how easy those words sounded but the reality was entirely different. I wanted to trust. I wanted to lay it right in God’s hands.  But the “what ifs” and “when” kept

I’ve always been a perfectionist and an overachiever. In fact, I came out of my mama’s womb 6 weeks early; everything was fine, I was just ready to go. Through all my formative years, getting things done efficiently and exactly the way I wanted to was always the priority. Of course, it was no surprise

E.A.S.Y.  I dream of things being EASY.  I can’t be alone in this…  If there’s a woman out there reading this, I know that when you’re tired, and the laundry is piled up, the baby’s screaming and the kids are fighting… you dream of things being easy. Sometimes I think I’m getting close to things

I always wanted to be a mother. My nurturing instinct pranced at the thought of having a baby of my own; a baby to love, care for, and raise to be a beautiful being. I thought about how I would teach my child about what there is to know about life; how I would instruct

If you had asked me what it meant to live in the simplicity of God a year and a half ago, I wouldn’t know how to answer you. A year and a half ago, I quit my full-time job so I could focus on school and pursue other dreams I had. With this job, I

I am overcommitted, it is one of my worst characteristics. To know me [Jamie], is to know that if a new opportunity arises, I will jump on it like white on rice. I LOVE saying yes. Being a yes girl leads to living a busy life. “A busy bee” that is what my mom calls

In 3 John verse 4, the apostle John said to the congregation, “no greater joy do I have than this: that I should hear that my children go on walking in the truth.” The children that the Apostle John referred to here was the Christian disciples. Yet, parents can absolutely echo these sentiments as they