by Janet | Mar 13, 2018 | Contentment, Family, Parenting
For the purposes of peace and grace, this is another post that requires that I define who it is written for. Like army wives write to encourage army wives, homeschool moms write to encourage homeschool moms and working moms write to encourage working moms, today I...
by Janet | Feb 21, 2018 | Comparison, Excellence, Family, Parenting
This post contains insights that I wish I knew 18 years back but didn’t discover until a few years ago. It really can liberate you from the crippling comparison game that plagues so many moms. So before you restock that designer diaper bag, slave over that...
by Janet | Jan 9, 2018 | Family, Parenting, Self-Control, Uncategorized
“Do not be deceived: God is not mocked, for whatever one sows, that will he also reap… And let us not grow weary of doing good, for in due season we will reap, if we do not give up.” Gal. 6:7,9 I knew I shouldn’t do it, but I did it anyway. The apple seed in my...
by Janet | Dec 14, 2017 | Character, Family, Parenting, Self-Control, Speech
“Even in your thoughts, do not curse the king, nor in your bedroom curse the rich, for a bird of the air will carry your voice, or some winged creature tell the matter.” Ecclesiastes 10:20 One of God’s greatest gifts to me during my early mothering years was a...
by Janet | Nov 28, 2017 | Family, Parenting, Self-Control
“And other seeds fell into good soil and produced grain, growing up and increasing and yielding thirtyfold and sixtyfold and a hundredfold.” Mark 4:8 Right up there with out-of-tune pianos and flannelgraphs, the parable of the sower was a familiar part of my church...
by Janet | Nov 21, 2017 | Character, Family, Parenting
Greetings friend! Remember me? I apologize for going missing since spring, but regular writing and good motherhood are sometimes mutually exclusive objectives in my life! I haven’t given up on motherhood and I haven’t mastered it either, but I’ve...
