While I was nursing my third baby I started reading a blog series by Tim Challies called Christian Men and their Godly Moms. I would be so excited when he posted in this series and would sit in my baby's room feeding and rocking him while I would read. Sometimes I would sob while reading about these amazing mother's and how devoted they were to the Lord. I am so thankful for Tim taking the time to research and share about these women. His blog posts were instrumental in encouraging me to continue reading the bible myself as well as to my 4 and 2 year old at the time. I am happy to say that our family devotions have continued over the years and while they aren't perfect they have been fruitful. I recently discovered that this blog series was expanded upon and turned into a book, Devoted: Great Men and Their Godly Moms, and I just finished reading it. It was so good and I highly recommend it to any mother regardless of how old her children are. I still sobbed at certain portions … [Read more...]
A Father’s Day Tribute
Dear Dad, Since you are not on social media I am not sure when you will see this. I am fairly confident Mom will fill you in about this post as soon as she reads it. And my guess would be that this will happen sometime in the next 24 hours. The purpose of this tribute is to give you the honor you deserve and to display my appreciation to God for the Dad that he gave me. With Father's Day coming up this weekend I wanted to share and express these thoughts publicly. Is it crazy that you have a 33 year old daughter? Caden just turned 5 and it is crazy to me that I have a 5 year old now. So I am assuming that this is how you feel about Evan and I. Time sure goes fast. This is why I wanted to be sure to take a moment and let you know how much I love you. Thank you for being there for me and for supplying so many fun and meaningful memories that I cherish to this day. Do you remember playing street hockey with Evan and I along with all the neighborhood kids on rollerblades? … [Read more...]
A Mother’s Day Tribute
With Mother's Day approaching this weekend I wanted to share a public tribute to my Mom. The purpose of this tribute is to give her the honor she deserves and to display my appreciation to God for the mom he gave me. I am linking back to Tim Challies for the great idea! Check out his series The Commandment We Forgot that looks at the fifth commandment (“honor your father and mother”) and explores the idea of how to obey this command once we are adults. #dearmom17 Dear Mom, I know I don't always take the time to say thank you for all the amazing ways you have shown and continue to show your love to our family so I am taking time today to rectify that. First off, you are beautiful. You may not hear those words enough from your family, myself included. You have shown me over the course of my life that true beauty comes from within and most importantly when Christ shines out of us. Thank you for teaching me that it is the small moments in the day that develop our character for … [Read more...]
