What are the qualities of a godly parent? Is there anything in Scripture that talks about parenting? There are many answers to these questions, but we’re overthinking it! Building your family on biblical principles merely mirrors how God parents us! Get Right. Are you, as an individual, right with God? Is Jesus in your…
As a parent or guardian, you want to do what’s best for your child. The teenage years are a critical developmental time in a child’s life; they’re experiencing new emotions and mental stimulation that could lead them to make some wild decisions or even dangerous ones. What might appear to be just disobedient or disrespectful…
Let’s get one thing out in the open: Christian teenagers will struggle with depression or anxiety in one way or another; it’s common. They might feel completely alone as they tackle these new waves of emotional sensation and believe they’re the only ones experiencing them. Social media certainly doesn’t help. Teens see the carefully crafted…
Raising a godly teenager in this ungodly world can be challenging. You might think they deal with temptations far beyond what you had to deal with at their age, but evil is still evil. With technology and society moving forwards and backward, it can be difficult to know how to even begin raising your teen…
In the morning when you wake up, what is the first thing you do? For me, I would say half the time, I stretch and reach out to God. The other half of the time, I stretch and reach for my phone. On the days I reach out to God first, I start…
Grunts… Raahhhhs… Ooooos… A country music mixup with a new age beat. The traditional background music at the gym. People looking to show off their newest workout gear, swole biceps from pumping that iron, strutting down the gym runway to shake it as mama made it. Aside from the bravado, I have…
I like to work out at least four days per week. Actually, this habit only started about 7 years ago when I was in the heat of depression. The only reason I started to work out was that a friend of mine, who I used to clean houses with, inspired me. She encouraged me and…
Going back to the previous blog, we were discussing my late Chocolate Labrador Retriever Bee. About three months before Bee passed, I saw a vinyl sign placed high on a fence next to a farm field. It had all these little chocolate lab puppies on it along with a “For Sale” sign. Something in my…
Who doesn’t love puppies? Puppies are the epitome of joy. They are cute, fluffy, funny, awkward… even when they are bad, they are cute. They chew up the most expensive pair of shoes we have, sometimes the wall or the trim on the wall. Still, they are loved beyond words and cuter than a…
My backyard is a forest. Well, I should say the people behind my house have a forest– my yard just happens to meet on the verge of it. Thus, I get to enjoy the fruit of beauty without having to plant the seeds of the effort of maintenance. Over the spring, summer, and fall, I…
