The Healing Role in Marriage

The Healing Role in Marriage

I thought for sure he was going to leave. How in the world could a good man like Trice stay with a woman like me who was so unsure of herself, so broken, so imperfect? A woman who had trained her mind to listen to the lies of the enemy? A woman who was an emotional trainwreck, who had no hope for the future and who was overwhelmed by the adjustment of having 3 kids? A woman who claimed to be a Christian but was stuck in so much bondage? 

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Motherhood and the "No-Nag Technique"

A few years ago a friend suggested that I try the "no-nag technique." According to this technique, you simply tell your child to do something one time, and when they don't do it, you enforce a consequence. You do not tell them to do something over and over again. You do not try to control your child's behavior by threatening their lives if they don't do it. You simply say it once, walk away, and then enforce a consequence if they disobey.

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Embracing My Winter Season

Embracing My Winter Season

I feel like I have been in a winter season for a while now. Having Eliza wrecked me in a way that I didn't expect. These hormones and emotions have felt uncontrollable at times. I have uncertainty about everything --> my calling, my giftings, my likes, my wants... heck even my salvation at times!

But I believe that God has shown me that this season is not a wasted season.

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