I will never forget the first time he said the words to me. They hit me like a wrecking ball to an old brick building. "You are believing lies." But, I knew it was true. My husband was reminding me that I was choosing to believe the lies of the enemy over the truth of my Father. Priscilla Shirer says that believing lies is the same as a ...
Mommyhood
When Your Children Don’t Match Your Parenting Dreams
When Your Children Don't Match Your Parenting Dreams Giveaway: Out of 157 entries, the randomly chosen winner of the Galaxy Buck DVD is: Monica M (email monicamil...@) Monica, please contact me within 48 hours using the winning email address and be sure to include your mailing address. Thank you to everyone who entered ...
Are You Cooperating with the Potter?
source Sharing again because I believe we all need this reminder...Yesterday I shared a review of Lisa TerKeurst's book and study Made to Crave: Satisfying Your Deepest Desire with God, Not Food. And I promised that I would share how God used the food concept to speak to a personal issue I have. Let me set the stage. In Chapter 10 of the ...
How to Measure Satisfaction
I am a list person. While I don't actually write down every list, my head is filled with them. My husband even asks "What is on your list?" because he knows that the list tends to control my day. When the mental list contains several cross-offs, I am satisfied. When I accomplish little, I feel defeated and frustrated. While I think this ...
Is Being a Christian All About Following a Bunch of Rules?
Ever feel like every thing you do is measured by a ruler? Did I do enough? Did I measure up to the expectations? Then just when you feel you have a handle on the "laws" boxed around you, another fold of the ruler (as pictured above) is brought out and you have to begin again with more stringent rules. After a while, you ...
What To Do When You Can’t Do Anything But Wait
I've made more trips to Walmart than I care to count. Living in Arkansas (aka Walmart World) you can't help but run into a Walmart at every turn. But it was a trip four years ago that I have been unable to forget. Read about this life-changing visit to the place that promises to help us "Live Better." How many times ...
How to Find Rest
credit Can you relate with the woman pictured above? You could literally sleep anywhere? Even though I get full nights of sleep {praise God!}, I am exhausted just from daily activities and training our kiddos. Rest is within arm's reach, sweet friends. Read with me these words from Psalms. Run to ...
23 Things (I Don’t Want You to Know) About Me
Daily I welcome new people into the ABC Jesus Loves Me Family through Facebook, the ABCJLM Newsletter, and this blog. I love it! Parents, grandparents, and teachers joining us on our mission. But I realize that the vast majority of you do not know me. I mean really know me. What you know of me is strictly through a ...
Praying Jesus’ Prayer for Your Children
Prayer is a subject that I really struggle. I can't wrap my brain around the in's and out's of this complex communication with our sovereign God. When I found a prayer devotional on YouVersion, I jumped at the opportunity to dive deeper. Unlike most of the devo plans on this free app, the three-week prayer plan only contains scripture ...
The Straw that Broke the Camel’s Back
The question was odd. But Bubs asks a lot of strange questions so it didn't hit me at the time the level of "weird." "Why is it bad to be the straw that breaks the camel's back?" I had about 4.7 seconds to ponder how I would answer the question and why he would ask such a random question before another mini-crisis hit our home needing immediate ...