Enjoy a Fresh Start in 2021 with this four-part series. 1. Taking Care of Me2. Finding Sabbath and Rest3. How to Change4. Your Marriage This month we are choosing a Fresh Start in 2021. So far we have looked at exercise and health as ways to take care of yourself. I also encouraged you to share your specific goals to ensure the ...
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A Fresh Start: Taking Care of Me
Enjoy a Fresh Start with this four-part series. 1. Taking Care of Me2. Sabbath and Rest3. How to Change4. Your Marriage For many of us 2020 seems like a blur. We had great ambitions for growth during the last 12 months, but somewhere between social distancing, confusion, and complete shock, goals were replaced with ...
Thanksgiving Fingerprint Turkey Card
Our ABCJesusLovesMe family is one creative bunch! I love seeing the ideas shared in our Facebook Groups. A few years ago Olga shared this adorable Thanksgiving Fingerprint Turkey Card. Our group members went wild with possibilities. I caught up with Olga and asked if I could share the idea with you. She ...
Who’s Your #1 Priority- Your Spouse or Kids, Part 2
Last week's blog post shared the cultural view of the husband-child balance for moms. The more time you spend with your child, the better chance the child will have to grow up intelligent and well-rounded. Thus, the child should be your top priority since your husband is an adult and he can wait his turn. Then I shared Bible verses ...
Who’s Your #1 Priority- Your Spouse or Kids, Part 1
Happy Valentine's month! Stores are filled with heart decor and candy, and love is in the air. But if you are knee deep in diapers, exhausted from carpooling young children, or an emotional wreck from guiding teenagers, love for your spouse may be the furthest thought. And that's okay, right? Current Culture Push The push of ...
Are You on the Best Parenting Path?
Her tears reflected her broken heart and unconditional love for her children. She deeply desired to raise godly children, but felt caught in a tug of war with all of the parenting information filling the airwaves. Seeing the current attitude and behavior of her children, she knew something needed to change. After a firm hug and a napkin to dry ...
When You Begin a Therapy Journey
Bubs' therapist asked me to write a post for parents embarking on a physical, occupational, or speech therapy journey with their children. With so many therapy questions lately on the ABCJLM Facebook group, I thought I would share here as well to help you or a friend of yours. I remember the emotions like it was yesterday. Fear. Feeling ...
What Sins are You Teaching Your Child?
A few years ago I journeyed through Beth Moore's James: Mercy Triumphs study. So full and convicting as it shined light on areas of sin in my life which I had tried to ignore or hide. While focusing on the commandment "love your neighbor as yourself," Beth pulled in Matthew 5:19 which states, "Anyone who breaks one of the ...
When You Can’t Love Your Spouse
After reading last week's blog post (3 Points to Thrive in Motherhood), several of you took a moment to share with me what you wish you had known and how you have grown through the mistakes you made. But it was in reading an email from Annalisa that I knew God was asking me to follow up the post will a little more encouragement. Point #2 ...
3 Points to Thrive in Motherhood
Does all of the New Year resolution talk depress you? As mommas we often believe there isn't time or energy for resolutions because survival is the only goal we have. I get it. I spent several years in survival mode. I'd watch the clock counting down to nap time and praying that no substantial catastrophe would occur before then. I lived ...