Attention Boy Moms! Make Room In Your Heart For Their Special Girl

Copyright: Olena Bilion / 123RF Stock Photo  Attention boy moms, there’s going to come a time when you need to make room in your heart for your son’s special girl. Ouch, I know, that’s a tough one, especially if you have little boys at home right now. As a matter of fact it took me a long time to wrap my head (and my heart) around this, but I’m hoping that through my trial and error your transition might be a little smoother. Over the years it’s not always been easy, as any boy mom can attest to. They are …

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ONE Thing that Will Make Your Marriage Strong

  “Therefore a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and they shall become one flesh” Genesis 2:24 (NKJV) How would you describe your marriage? Marriage can be tough. I know! My man and I have weathered some pretty tough times ourselves… so I get it when women tell me marriage is hard. But could it be that we are making marriage much more difficult than it needs to be? Could it be that we are making marriage much more difficult than it needs to be? Click To Tweet One of the things I realized …

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When Another Mom Needs Your Help

    We came upon the wreck just moments after it happened. The older gentlemen stood beside his mangled car, looking confused and disoriented. Others had stopped and were checking on the other vehicle, which had careened into a ditch just inches before hitting a major power line. We pulled around the wreck trying to avoid shards of metal and glass that covered the road, then pulled over to see if we could help. I passed the other car—where everyone was gathered—and asked if the driver was ok (he was).  Instead, I was heading toward the grey-haired man wandering in the road. …

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Proverbs 31:25 The Power of the Holy Spirit

    Did you know that the power of the Holy Spirit is with you? She is clothed with strength and dignity; she can laugh at the days to come. (Proverbs 31:25 NIV) Moms, you are powerful!  You are literally wearing the robes of strength and honor that the power of the Holy Spirit provides. I think we sometimes forget the amazing gift of power that He gives us. Because we are saved, we are Saints in the eyes of God and His power is a gift to us through His living Word and our salvation. We are wearing His mighty robes that allow …

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Six Suggestions to Stop Sibling Squabbles

Any mom with two or more kids has seen sibling squabbles… from the toy snatching of toddlers to the bickering of older kids. And even though these interactions between sisters and brothers are inevitable, they can sometimes be hard to deal with.  Here are six things you can do as a mom to stop the squabbles (and increase the love): 1. Get involved. Rather than yelling at your kids to stop fighting (or hiding in the other room pretending not to hear them), get in the mix. If you have little ones, kneel down and talk on their eye level …

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How a Single Mom Accomplishes the Impossible

  Wendy Hirschfeld is a single mom accomplishing the impossible. Beautiful fields, grazing farm animals and a tight-knit family surrounded Wendy as she grew up in Nebraska. Emmitt, on the other hand, struggled to survive amid the drug laden streets of Chicago.  Emmitt’s father was robbed from him through carbon monoxide poisoning when he was only 8, and was left to survive with his drug addicted mom.   Emmitt’s family eventually drifted to a shelter in Omaha, Nebraska while he attended middle school.  While there, his birth mom abandoned him… Emmitt had absolutely nowhere to go. Until Wendy took him as her …

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2 Tips for a Great Valentine’s Day

  Have you ever hoped to have a perfectly wonderful day, date, or evening; then ruined it by something you did or said? It’s a sickening feeling. You wish you could have a do-over. But that’s just in movies. We canNOT go back. We canNOT not see things we’ve seen or heard words we’ve heard.  So today, make plans to not ruin your day.  Take seriously the following two tips: 1. DO Remember how much Jesus loves you & what real love is. Love is patient, love is kind  and is not jealous; love does not brag  and is not arrogant,  does not act unbecomingly; it does …

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A Special Valentine

~~A special Valentine just for you~~ The prince is stately, unrivaled, yet the peasant girl is common, plain. She is sometimes “sullen and sour, even cranky.” Not the type you’d want to spend the rest of your life with. “His attraction to her is baffling.” Yet, he cannot live without her, so he proposes to her. Soon afterward, he leaves to build their future home and take care of his father’s kingdom duties. He promises her that he will return for her as soon as everything was ready. In the meantime, she forgets that she is betrothed. She lives as …

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Looking For Love In All The Wrong Places

Valentine’s Day. It can be a mix up of emotions for many of us, especially if we end up looking for love in all the wrong places. You know, the love we read about in romance novels or on the Hallmark channel. Let’s face it, we’ve bought into the hype that Valentine’s day is the one day of the year that we go over the top to show our love for that special someone in our life. You know how it goes, it’s the day where we spend more than we should and stress about getting everything “just right”. For …

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