I put a lot of pressure on my every day life. I want it to go well (read: perfectly). At the end of the day, I look back and bemoan all the things that didn’t go well or that I didn’t get right. I’m slowly learning that every day needs its own measure of...
Tag: grace
Dangerous Mindsets: One Way Streets
Since I started with a driving example in yesterday’s post, I thought I’d continue the metaphor to talk about one of the most dangerous mindsets, especially for moms. The one way street mindset. One Way Streets One way streets have a purpose. They are designed to direct traffic in areas where congestion is already...
Noah
Genesis 6:9 – Noah was a righteous man, blameless among the people of his time, and he walked faithfully with God. When God inspired Moses to write down Noah’s story, the description was threefold. Noah was … righteous. The name means just. He was lawful. He followed God’s rules. He offered sacrifices as God...
Marking Your Place
We need to find ways to mark our place. When we read, we use bookmarks. But in life, we sometimes feel like marking our place makes us “less than.” Not being able to do it all means I’m somehow not enough. If I was just a better mom, we think. A better student, housekeeper,...