Rekindling Joy

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  • Single Mom Hacks: Tips for Managing the Chaos

    Whether you find yourself a single mom due to widowhood, separation, or divorce, it’s unbelievably hard to juggle everything by yourself.  You’re now being mom and dad to your kids while also single-handedly managing getting your kids to all of their activities and picking them up.  A coach keeping kids 20 minutes late at practice…

  • Is There Hope for my Marriage?

    When a woman discovers (or is told) that her husband has been repeatedly unfaithful, this is the question weighing heavy on her mind and heart.  I will say that there is always hope.  Because of Christ’s redemptive work on the cross, there is always hope that with a truly repentant heart, your husband could do…

  • Waiting When Life is Hard

    As we approach Christmas this year, I’ve thought a lot about waiting.  After all, Advent is all about waiting.  The Jews eagerly anticipated their Messiah for hundreds of years…until one day, Christ was born.  As believers, we too now eagerly anticipate the return of our Lord.  We keep waiting until one day, when he will…

  • You Are Not Alone: What Every Woman Needs to Know After Sexual Betrayal

    If news or discovery of your husband’s repetitive infidelity has shattered your perception of your husband and your marriage, you need to hear that you’re not alone.  You will feel very much alone, but the Lord has not abandoned you.  You will have a lot of very honest prayers with your heavenly Father, but you…

  • What Happens When God Doesn’t?

    What happens when we pray, but God doesn’t cure the disease and our loved one dies?  What happens when we’ve prayed for years, yet our adult child still hasn’t trusted in Christ?  What happens when we pray and pray and knock on the door of heaven, but God doesn’t restore our marriage?  What do we…

  • When Evil Comes Knocking

    “So we do not lose heart.” 1 Corinthians 4:16 We’ve all been there.  We’ve felt the gaping wounds from someone else’s sin.  We’ve felt our hearts break due to the pain of others’ choices.  We’ve cried out to God for justice when we feel like there is none.  Recently, God has lead me to see…

  • Your Identity in Christ

    Without even realizing it, for years, my identity was wrapped up in being a wife and mom.  There’s just one problem with that: these things can be taken away.  Children grow up and move away.  Husbands leave.  Husbands die.  And what then?  Our identity is smashed to pieces, and we’re left broken, not knowing who…

  • Diapers and Depositions: Coping with a Legal Battle While Single Parenting as a Widow

    It’s taken me a long time to be able to write about this journey.  First of all, let me say I wouldn’t wish this process on anyone.  It’s terrible.  However, after speaking with several sweet friends recently who were considering a suit, I wanted to describe what you’ll be getting in to.  Sometimes, it’s necessary…

  • Hope Pierces the Darkness

    “But Mary treasured up all these things, pondering them in her heart.  And the shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God, for all they had heard and seen, as it had been told them.”  Luke 2:19-20 Can you feel it?  Sometimes the dark lies so thick around us, it’s hard to see any light beyond.  Like…

  • Favorite Christmas Devotionals

    I’m a huge fan of Christmas devotionals and any tradition that helps remind me and my family of what we really celebrate at Christmas.  Last year, we celebrated the night before advent with a poem written by Ann Voskamp and a hot chocolate party.  (She had that idea on her site as well as free…