Are you healthy? I thought I knew what it meant to be healthy but I am learning that it is much more than exercise and eating vegetables. Being healthy means that there is harmony between my mind, body, and will and God's intent for me. For the last two weeks, I've shared ideas that I have been doing to become mentally and physically ...
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Impacting 2017: Is Your Body Healthy?
A few years ago I shared on this blog a disagreement with my husband concerning exercise. He thinks exercise would be helpful to me. Not because he wants me to wear a certain size of jeans but because he believes it would benefit the emotional me. For me, exercise would be one more thing on my daily list that would cut into other things that have ...
Impacting 2017: Is Your Mind Healthy?
Last week we revisited my goals shared in January's posts. But God is showing me that no matter how intentional I desire to be, I can't fully pour into others unless I am healthy. Being Healthy I used to think health represented the number on the scales, how far I could run, or the number of apples that I ate in a week. ...
Impacting 2017: Be Intentional Planner
UPDATE: The Traditional 2018 planners are no longer available for purchase, but an 8.5x11" July 2018 - June 2019 planner is now available to order! How is it that 2017 is 80% finished? They say that life goes faster the older that you get, and the fact that 2017 is flying by is proof. Must. Stop. Blinking! Thinking back to my four New ...
When Your Children Don’t Match Your Parenting Dreams
For several months in my life, I had a severe "pity party." I was angry toward God because He refused to match my self-prophesied life plans. Ridiculous. I know... But in talking to other parents I find that I am not alone in my bitterness struggle. Parenting is not what we expect. The days are long. The work is brutal. Of course, there are ...
Visiting the Grand Canyon with Kids
This summer, we had the amazing opportunity to visit Zion, Bryce, and the Grand Canyon National Parks. A-maz-ing. So far I have shared tips about all of the trip except the Grand Canyon. So, without further ado, let's get started so you can make plans for your vacation to this amazing part of the world! Read from the beginning of this ...
7 Truths of Real-Life Parenting
image source While going through my collection of papers from Women's Ministry, I stumbled upon notes from a message we heard called "Keeping It Real: Seven Truths." While I am unable to give credit to the exact speaker, these truths are too good not to share. 1. My children will make mistakes. ...And at the most inopportune times. No ...
Parenting: What to Do When What You Are Doing Isn’t Working
My heart is breaking. I am reading so many posts from mommas sharing frustrations in parenting. They feel like failures. They feel alone. They feel defeated. He ignores what I tell him to do. She is emotional, loud, and demands her own way. He is so strong willed and laughs when I discipline him. Parenting is hard. Blood, sweat, and tears ...
God, What Have You Asked Me to Do Today?
And that's a wrap. As your read last week's post, we closed the door on summer and we are ankle deep in school for my four kiddos. Because I want to practice what I preach, I pulled back the last 3 months to focus on my family. Today I sit at the computer ready to take whatever next step God has for this ministry. But this peace hasn't come ...
Visiting Bryce Canyon and Horseshoe Bend with Kids
As I shared in the previous post in this series, Zion was our absolute favorite of the three National Parks that we visited. But Bryce Canyon is special in its own right. A beauty unlike anything ever seen before and worth every mile it took us to get there. Read from the beginning of this series. We left Zion National Park early to enjoy the ...