“The fear of the Lord leads to life; then one rests content, untouched by trouble.” ~ Proverbs 19:23 “If there is a God, and He’s so good, why does He let bad things happen to His people?” It’s a common quandry among those struggling to believe, but this verse in Proverbs redirects our perspective: It’s…
“As water reflects the face, so one’s life reflects the heart.” ~Proverbs 27:19 (NIV) The past several days have been eye-opening for me as a parent. C & I started potty training last Wednesday, and it was an intense, lonely few days of me just home with C, focusing solely on her, and not being…
“Help your relatives and they will protect you like a strong city wall, but if you quarrel with them, they will close their doors to you.” ~ Proverbs 18:19 Why are family relationships so doggone hard? Our families have the ability to build us up or to completely destroy us with just a…
My best friend and I were recently talking about how hard it is to make friends now that we’re both married and have children. We know how important it is to have friends around to support us, but we both now live so far away from our pre-marriage friends, and it’s hard to keep…
Ask anyone who knows me and they’ll all tell you the same thing: Laura is not one to freely hand out praise. I’m not easily impressed, and I expect A LOT out of myself and everyone around me. And then God gave me a 2-year-old… Granted, my daughter, C, is still very little – though…
“When my little sister comes, we’re going to do this! When my little sister comes, we’re going to do that!” I happily prophesied, as only a four-year-old little girl can, while I played with my dolls amongst the clothes and shoes in my mom’s closet. Oh, boy… Thought my mom, greatly pregnant with her…
It’s been a long two years of being angry, bitter, and frustrated with God. Health issues, adjusting to motherhood while still working, then adjusting to motherhood while NOT working, three moves… It all piled up on me and left me feeling very alone and abandoned by the God I had previously leaned on for everything and…
Erik & I had a long conversation the other night about how we are struggling to get plugged into a church, friendships, etc., after moving to Kentucky back in August. It feel like we’re living in a friendship desert. I was still mulling over our Relational Sahara situation when this post from 2008 came to…
I dropped Mom off at the airport today and almost immediately felt bereft. It was wonderful having her here for a few days and remembering what it’s like to have someone around who really knows me. After only three months in East Texas, I was beginning to feel the full effect of homesickness. If home…