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While the crapstorm of American politics needs a serious dose of emotional management, I’ve got bigger salmon to sizzle in my mom world. If wearing my best Swiss army gear neutralizes familial discord and showers down blessings, then suit me up.
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I stopped sending Christmas cards eight years ago. Why? Because I dreaded the time-consuming process. Plus I figured negative energy gets trapped in envelopes. For me, sending cards with a resentful or empty attitude smells like scrooge more than not sending wishes at all.
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The battle for our children’s souls rages on in today’s culture. We can thank the cowardice and scathing shallowness of mainstream and social media “communication” for continuing to erode basic human decency and spiritual virtues.
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Raising kids has a way of stirring the pot of cellular unrest. Learning to see and acknowledge the clutter inside us takes hard work. Which is why God invented S.O.S. pads I guess. Clever guy. And his cleverness goes toe-to-toe with the wisdom instilled in his son. Jesus tells us, “You’re blessed when you get your inside world—your mind and heart—put right.”
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According to Jesus’ proposed Sermon on the Mount, my hunger pangs and emotional thirst often seek relief from the wrong food group. Turns out a spiritual feast wins the best recipe for satisfying the soul.
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“You are blessed when you are content with who you are – nothing more and nothing less. That’s when you find yourself the proud owner of everything that can’t be bought.” Matthew 5:5 (MSG)
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“You’re blessed when you feel you have lost what is most dear to you. Only then can you be embraced by the One most dear to you.” Matthew 5:4 (MSG)
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According to God’s memo, the real reason my offspring survived my parenting over the past two decades has little to do with second-hand blessings. But rather with the less of me means more of God promise of the scripture.
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HOW ARE YOU FEELING, MOMMA?
(You don’t need to say, “I’m Fine.”)
Do you or a fellow Momma need some heart encouragement?
As moms, we deal with emotional overload—often pretending to be ‘fine' even when we’re not. My dear friend, Lisa Leshaw, and I want you to know your're not alone in how you feel. Our personal and candid reflections on 31 mom feelings meet you where you’re at while inspiring you to embrace your emotions and match the pleadings in the Psalms to the pleadings in your soul.
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This woman next to me showed me ‘home’
This woman next to me called me ‘home’
This woman next to me led me ‘home’
‘Home’ being my authentic identity in Christ
‘Home’ being the mindset of knowing AND believing in my indelible worth as a child of God
‘Home’ being the sacred space in my heart where I spend time with Jesus every day
This woman next to me pointed me straight to the Savior, never to herself
This woman next to me encouraged me to embrace Jesus’ love just in time before everything else in my life was about to drown me
This woman next to me helped me see that although abuse broke me as a child, Jesus stood in the gap of every fracture, keeping me whole
This good, kind, loving, and faithful servant has left me no choice but to believe wholeheartedly that God is good, all the time. That even at my worst, God sees the best.
“Period, paragraph, end of discussion.”
Now, to the man who believes only ‘he’ has the capacity to lead me to the light, I say,"Please go love." That I am CERTAIN Jesus asks ALL OF US to do.
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