faith

I am a new Christian. I know that I have mentioned in past posts that I grew up Catholic but floundered on religion for quite some time as a late teen and early adult. As a result, I did not really know God. I knew of Him, I knew of his powerful rage and the… Continue reading

Today I planted seeds for the first time in my life. Since our first wedding anniversary, I have been acquiring sunflower seeds from every single sunflower that my husband has gifted me, as well as others that were collected by my mother-in-love. I love sunflowers, in fact they were one of the flowers in my… Continue reading

I grew up Catholic, so prayer was the sign of the cross and one of many prayers that were taught to me through my catechism classes. I never deviated from what I was taught. In fact, I couldn’t tell you how to pray if my life depended upon it. The unfortunate problem with that is… Continue reading

How do we place value on a person? Have you ever wondered what makes someone worth more or less? Is there a special formula or boxes that need to be checked universally that calculates an individual’s worth? Is there a specific score that one must meet in order to be seen as worthy? Does that… Continue reading

Sometimes, in this life, we meet people, or even a single person, that just sets our soul on edge. Everything about this person causes an inner turmoil that causes us to feel out of control. Satan uses that individual to tempt us into falling away from God’s desire for us to love our neighbor as… Continue reading

I was never a big fan of tulips. When I was younger, I always thought they looked odd and did not have the charm of many other flowers. Imagine my surprise when we moved to Michigan, and our yard had pink tulips. It’s interesting when you live somewhere as cold and ever changing as Michigan… Continue reading

I have a Bible app (youversion if you’re curious), which gives me a Bible verse of the day. I have other study plans in there, but the first thing that pops up when I open the app is that verse. Yesterdays verse was Galatians 2:20, which says, “My old self has been crucified with Christ.… Continue reading

Confessing your feelings can be scary in the most ideal circumstances. Confessing your sins is worse. Sin brings shame, guilt, anxiety, sadness, fear, and pain. These are the portions of our lives that we desperately want to stuff down. The darkness that resides inside of us that we don’t want anyone to see. People may… Continue reading

I can be very vain. I like having recognition for what I do, what I write, and how clever I think I am. Don’t get me wrong, I write just as much for everyone else as I do myself. I write for parents who experience the chaos that I do. I write for the overwhelmed… Continue reading

Content note: This post includes discussion of infertility and pregnancy loss. Psalm 18:2 David is rescued from Saul and his enemies. David recognized that it was God who answered his prayer for rescue. David knew that God chose him out of everyone and, in turn, knew that God would save him from all of his… Continue reading

Content note: This post includes discussion of recurrent pregnancy loss and infertility. Fun fact about me, I was not a Christian right away. I was raised Catholic with little understanding of what that meant to me. I went to a Catholic college and went to mass, but I did not have a solid relationship with… Continue reading

Our church service was wonderful (as always) today. We talked about Jesus’ statements about himself. I never knew there were seven I statements directly from Jesus about who he is in the Gospel of John. Today was John 8:12, where Jesus stated that “I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will not… Continue reading