Looking for “Good Fruit”…

I know that you will find this impossible to fathom, but my kids, in spite of all the love and attention we have poured out on them, are occasionally naughty.  They throw tantrums when they don’t get their way.  They talk back to me if they don’t want to do what I tell them to [...]

SYL: I Saw What I Saw

Sara Groves is one singer who truly inspires me. After featuring Gabi and Racham Ministries and finding this video once again on her blog, I thought it’d be perfect for SYL. We can’t forget what we see….we can’t forget the things that we hear….we can’t forget the suffering that is going on all [...]

fully equipped…

If you ask me, doing what we do each day, whether as wives, as mothers or as women, is hard enough without all the struggles with self-doubt and lack of confidence that can fill our minds all too quickly. As a mother of four, I feel like I have all too many opportunities to wonder [...]

SYL: Sing, Sing, Sing!

Sometimes we all just need a moment to catch our breath, a moment just to sing, to shout, to just give praise.  This week, instead of sharing a ministry, I decided to share Chris Tomlin’s Sing, Sing, Sing.  It’s an awesome, inspiring song….I hope it will encourage you, as you go out, ready to shine [...]

SYL: Mighty to Save

This week, I decided to take a little break and just share a favorite song that we sometimes sing in church; it’s just a reminder that our God, our Saviour, is truly Mighty to Save. He is amazing, and we need to shine our light and let others see Him through the way we [...]

M2M: 5 Surefire Ways to Beat Stress

Ever felt like you had so much spinning around in your head, that you were either going to collapse from exhaustion thinking about it all….or you were going to go check yourself into an insane asylum?  Yeah, been there, done that.:)  There are days where, I will admit, the stress of everything (especially as a [...]

M2M: Don’t Forget About Spring

There has been so much spring cleaning going on lately….not at my house yet:)….but I have friends who are, and I’ve read a lot of posts online related to spring cleaning, including this one, 5 Weeks to a Clean and Organized Home, that I found through Kim’s site, Homesteader’s Heart.

In all of the hustle and [...]

M2M: The Little Red-Eyed Monster

Is the little red-eyed monster pervading your life?  A vlog from Mel:

To read more from Mel, visit her on her personal blog, Real Heart Prints.

Enhance | Guest Post

The last few days, a particular word has cropped up in my mind and heart – Enhance.

I just discovered how to use Photoshop to edit photos.  As I was playing around, I was amazed at how a few clicks could bring beautiful changes to a picture.  The picture itself wasn’t made new, [...]

M2M: When It’s Hard to Love

A friend and I had talked about this over the phone a few weeks ago, about loving people and how hard it can be sometimes, so in honor of that friend and some recent experiences I’ve had, I hope this makes you giggle.:)This is for all the people in Walmart or Price Cutter who jump [...]

* Mom2Mom: The New Work Out Program *

“Darn! Another day of no work out!”

This thought crossed my mind as my morning passed into lunch time without one free time slot for a work out. This has been a constant frustration of mine since beginning daycare. Even if I can find time between breakfast time and snack time, between craft time and [...]

* Mom2Mom: From Home to the Work Place . . and Back Again *

While those of us that stay at home with our families, experience our own frustrations, from people assuming we do nothing all day long, to lecturing us for wasting our degrees, working moms have their own set of frustrations.  People often look down on them as being women who don’t truly care for their families [...]

Early Edition of SYLW: Haiti- How You Can Help

With the earthquake devastation in Haiti, an early edition of Shine Your Light was warranted….I’ve been ready to jump on a plane and just go….not that I have a passport or anything (I’m thinking a passport is in the works, though, over the next year), but I would give my eye teeth to go and [...]

* Mom2Mom: In Bondage to Blogging? *

I didn’t know it could be so complicated. This whole blogging thing. I entered the world of blogging five years ago. It was for connection, plain and simple. I had been diagnosed with infertility and wanted to connect with other women on the same heart-rending journey. And I did. Wonderfully so. Some of those women have become [...]

* You’re Doing a Good Job Mom *

From an email forward that came my way. . . It all began to make sense, the blank stares, the lack of response,the way one of the kids will walk into the room while I’m on the phoneand ask to be taken to the store. Inside I’m thinking, “Can’t you seeI’m on the [...]

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