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how to drop the dread, and embrace hope this fall

How to drop the dread, and embrace hope this fall

Culture· Growing in God· Truth for your soul

Because no matter what else happens this crazy year–Jesus already knows about it. And whether the sky comes crashing down in giant flaming pieces, or the mountains burst apart and fall into the heart of the sea, or world war breaks out to the ends of the earth, or (I could list A LOT of my worst case scenarios here…but I will spare you the details of my own crazy mind.) The point is, no matter what happens, Jesus promises this:
“I give them eternal life, and they will never perish, and no one will snatch them out of my hand.” John 10:28
No one will snatch them out of my hand.

How Gratitude is the Wind Before the Rain

Growing in God· Motherhood· TTC· Uncategorized

Ann Voskamp says, “Gratitude precedes the miracle.” Just like the breeze precedes the rain.
Because as we thank God for what He has already abundantly given, we see and remember what He has already given us. And we see that He is enough. He does something in our hearts. He prepares us to receive His rain.

a homeschool girl

5 Unexpected Joys of Homeschooling (And Why You Might Actually Like It)

Motherhood· Raising Miracles

Since the COVID-19 pandemic, more moms (than ever before) are wondering what their options are for next school year. Because of the possibility of children being required to wear masks, and other “restrictions” and guidelines, some parents feel the school “system” will become an even more “systemic,” and sterile environment. (Not the vibrant, hands-on enivronment we are used to in the younger years.) Some parents are wondering, deep down, “Would it be better (would my child thrive more) at home, than at school?” Here are 5 unexpected joys I discovered through homeschooling.

tulips

Spring Is A Time To Hope

Growing in God

I didn’t know that we’d be inside for days on end while it rained, and snowed, and it felt like Spring itself would only tease us, but never actually come.

And the days would all bleed into eachother, and so would we.

I didn’t know just how desperately I would need this one thing:

Hope.

It’s a Hallmark-y sounding kind of word. At least, it was. To me.

But now hope is something else.

Something more. Something alive.

Something like these tucked-in tulips. Withdrawn and inward. But quietly getting ready to bloom.

Separate, yet together.

woman looking at water

Listen to my Audio Infertility Wilderness Story

Infertility

Are you thirsty?

Are you restless?

I was.

Especially in the season of infertility. I was trying my HARDEST to read scripture, and to hope in the Lord…

but my soul was all over the place. And pretty soon, I found myself in a dry, barren season of the soul.

The wilderness.

And no one could save me from it.

Except, Jesus.

You see, something about Jesus, is that He is not afraid to enter wildernesses. He is not afraid of the dry, barren places within us. He’s not afraid of our hard questions, or tears.

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