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Encouragement, Life Is Beautiful

When Will We Believe We’re Worthy?

What is your worth?

When faced with this question, you likely wouldn’t throw out a dollar amount. You might even give the correct answer: “I’m priceless.”

So why don’t we live like we believe that? I have trouble embracing that truth sometimes too!

When I write and talk about self-worth and our views of ourselves, it’s because I’ve struggled with it and I know if we don’t properly value ourselves, we’re at great risk for be mistreated and facing lives of mediocrity. Neither of these things is meant for us! Continue Reading

April 28, 2016
Book Reviews, Encouragement, Life Is Beautiful

Raising Big Kids with Supernatural Love (Book Review)

Gentleness is seen as a strong quality. In Proverbs 25:15b, “a gentle tongue can break a bone.”

Raising children is tough.

I don’t think it’s ever been easy to be a parent, but I do think that parenting now may be more of a challenge than in any other era.

As parents, we face unique difficulties that our parents and grandparents didn’t have to contend with. The internet didn’t exist in past generations and with its arrival came a whole host of issues we must now monitor, offer guidance for, and protect against. Continue Reading

April 9, 2016
Abuse and Self Care, Book Reviews, Encouragement

A Beautiful Wreck

Who else is compiling a list of books for upcoming spring break? Or even for their summer reads on those lazy days in the sun or shade, on the beach or at home lounging around the yard?

A Beautiful Wreck by the talented and multiply-published author CeeCee James is available now. You can even find it for your Kindle for free! 

The Wrecked and Yours Second Chance Trilogy is now complete with book three, A Beautiful Wreck. Written to be a stand alone, this sweet romance is all about hope restored. Please read the official description of this gem. Continue Reading

March 21, 2016
Book Reviews, Encouragement, Life Is Beautiful

Curious Faith

What are you curious about?

Other people?

How things work?

What about God? Are you curious about him and how he works?

As I’ve been reading Curious Faith: Rediscovering Hope in the God of Possibility” by Logan Wolfram, I’ve become more and more curious about God, who he is, what he’s doing, and why he loves me. (From her book, Logan Wolfram is a plate-juggling mom and interior decorator turned writer, speaker, and host of the Allume conference.)

I find that no matter where I am in life, there’s always more to discover, pursue, and unravel about the God of Possibility.

We are born with an innate curiosity to explore, marvel, and believe there is more to life. But, laundry piles up. Bills pile up. Ultimately, life piles up…” ~Logan Wolfram in Curious Faith

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March 1, 2016