"But women will be preserved through the bearing of children if they continue in faith and love and sanctity with self-restraint." I Timothy 2:15 (NASB)I cannot remember a time I didn't want to be a mommy. I think I played with dolls until I was twelve years old. The only reason I quit playing was being afraid of the mocking laughter of others if they knew my secret. I had huge plans for my … [Read more...] about The Painful Process of Motherhood
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Small Things
"For who scorns the day of small things?" Zechariah 4:10 (HCSB)The Lord has been speaking to me a lot about the importance of faithfulness in the little things. No house stands without a foundation of small concrete blocks being built one on top of the other. All of us, no matter what degrees we have earned, all started out in kindergarten. Anything great starts out little. That especially goes … [Read more...] about Small Things
The Narrow Gate
"Enter by the narrow gate. For the gate is wide and the way is easy that leads to destruction, and those who enter by it are many. For the gate is narrow and the way is hard that leads to life, and those who find it are few."Matthew 7:13-14 (English Standard Version)On March 9, 1904, the ninth child was born to a couple in the small town of Shamokin, Pennsylvania. They named her Marcella. She … [Read more...] about The Narrow Gate
An Unsung Hero
"But we have this treasure in jars of clay to show that this all-surpassing power is from God and not from us. We are hard pressed on every side, but not crushed; perplexed, but not in despair; persecuted, but not abandoned; struck down, but not destroyed. We always carry around in our body the death of Jesus, so that the life of Jesus may also be revealed in our body."2 Corinthians 4:7-10 … [Read more...] about An Unsung Hero
Intentional Conversations
"Joshua son of Nun, the servant of the LORD, died at the age of a hundred and ten. And they buried him in the land of his inheritance, at Timnath Heres in the hill country of Ephraim, north of Mount Gaash.After that whole generation had been gathered to their fathers, another generation grew up, who knew neither the LORD nor what he had done for Israel."Judges 2:8-10 (New International Version)I … [Read more...] about Intentional Conversations