A Christmas Wish for Christian Moms – Is This YOUR Wish Too?

“I could have no greater joy than to hear that my children are following the truth.” 3 John 1:4 It’s the best gift a mom could ever receive… to be able to say  that her children are walking in the truth! It’s what we long for, what we pray for, what we want more than anything else. But many moms are still waiting. Still praying. Still wearing holes in the carpet by their bedside. Still desperate to see their children become all God created them to be. Still longing to see their children walk in the truth. Today, would you join me in praying for …

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Angry MOMs Unite – Praying for Our Prodigals Together

“I have no greater joy than to hear that my children are walking in the truth.” 3 John 1:14 No mom wants to admit that she has a prodigal child. It’s devastating to talk about. Heart-wrenching.  In a momma’s heart, a prodigal equals her failure as a mother – even if she knows that her adult children are responsible for their own decisions – she can’t help but feel like if she would have done something differently, they wouldn’t have turned from God. Knowing the truth that we are all sinners by nature and by choice… and that we all …

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Praying for Your Prodigal – Desperate Cries from the Hearts of Desperate Moms

“I have no greater joy than to hear that my children are walking in the truth.” 3 John 1:14 I remember when we were on the mission field and we were struggling with some issues in our family. I looked at my husband and said, “I will not win a nation and lose my own son!” No matter how successful I am in life, if my children do not walk with God, I will feel as though I failed in the most important role I’ve ever been given…the role of a mother. I realize that our job is to raise them …

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Mother’s Day: Happy or Hurting

“I hate Mother’s Day!” said my dear friend who is longing for a baby. “You know that women struggling with infertility don’t go to church on Mother’s Day.” Kris agrees, “I was that mom-in-waiting for 16 years; I stayed away from baby showers, church, and friends who would get pregnant. I didn’t stop praying, but it WAS the worse pain.” Lisa concurs, “I am guilty of having skipped church a few years before we adopted my son.” In my book, Dear God, Why Can’t I Have a Baby? A Companion Guide for Couples on the Infertility Journey, my own daughter …

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40 Years of Love! & Monday M.O.M. Link Up

“I’m sorry, but you’ll never have children.” Those were the doctor’s words to me at a post-op visit after surgery for a ruptured ovarian cyst. “Your ovaries look like those of a 90 year-old woman.” I was a twenty year-old, newly engaged college student. My life was over. Or so I thought. After three years of marriage, I was thrilled to hear another doctor congratulate me: “You’re pregnant!” My mother called it a miracle, but I just wanted to be like any normal woman who could get pregnant and have a baby. The last week of pregnancy, when my baby …

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