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Avoid the pitfall of comparing for no two journeys are the same. Sweet mom, if you have been thinking someone’s life looks easier than yours, do not be deceived. There are always things you know nothing about. Settle into God’s will for your life and be content. Comparing how we look, or our husband to theirs, or our family, or our home… is just not wise.
We do not dare … compare ourselves… when they measure themselves by themselves and compare themselves with themselves, they are not wise. (2 Corinthians 10:12, NIV)
Dear Mom, On the farm in early spring, the smell of old winter leaves burning says, “winter has passed”! The old literally goes up in smoke, to make way for the new growth underneath. Sometimes sweet Mom, we need to rid ourselves of wrong attitudes, draining friends, bad habits and every old bit of […]
Have you ever wondered if God really leads His people? Does He really go before them and make a way when there seems to be no way? This last month I have been reading through the book of Exodus in the Old Testament. You may recall this story. The Israelites had been beaten down […]
What To Do When You Don’t Know What To Do We have all felt overwhelmed and just didn’t know what to do at times. Didn’t know what decision to make and didn’t know which way to turn. Jehoshaphat, (what a name!) in the Bible was bewildered too. They was an army coming against him and […]
Dear Mom, Perhaps you are discouraged today – would you allow me to encourage you? Don’t beat yourself up with your failures of yesterday, as everyone makes mistakes. Sometimes we need to stop trying to figure out every angle of a situation and simply love the children God has placed in our care. God […]
On occasion, God allows puzzling circumstances to occur in our lives. Things we don’t understand. Queen Esther in the Bible is a perfect example. We pick up the story when she was living with her uncle Mordecai. Clearly, something terrible must have happened to her parents, as Esther is being raised by her uncle. Obviously […]