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  Don’t feel guilty about not buying tons of presents for your kids. Concentrate on the fact that God’s already given us the gift of his presence. Everything else is just icing on the cake. Say no to things. As a single mom, life is already busy; don’t stress yourself out by going to all…

“Though the fig tree should not blossom, nor fruit be on the vines, the produce of the olive fail and the fields yield no food, the flock be cut off from the fold and there be no herd in the stalls, yet I will rejoice in the LORD; I will take joy in the God…

What do you do during the most wonderful time of the year when everything about the holidays hurts?  Honestly, the only reason I celebrated last Christmas at all was because of my kids.  All I wanted to do was crawl into bed, pull the blanket over my head, and wait for the new year. It’s…

“but God shows his love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.”  Romans 5:8 “I have loved you with an everlasting love; therefore I have continued my faithfulness to you.”  Jeremiah 31:3 After losing my husband, I really struggled with how God could truly love me if he would allow such great pain in my life.  I knew in my…

In those first few days, weeks, and months (and even on a rare occasion, now), I’ve asked this question.  There’s been many variants of it, but it remains largely the same question: Why would you take him?  Why would you take my husband when all of my friends have their’s?  I know so many people…

Everything is hard after you lose your husband.  Every stinking thing.  It’s been 16 months for me, and still, almost everything is hard.  It’s exhausting to have been a single mom for this long – to cart kids to various activities after teaching them all day and cleaning up after them all day and cooking…

“So Jesus said to the Jews who had believed in him, ‘If you abide in my word, you are truly my disciples, and you will know the truth and the truth will set you free.’”  John 8:31-32 There are so many lies we feel in our hearts when we lose our husbands.  There are more…

“yet you don’t know what tomorrow will bring.  What is your life?  For you are a mist that appears for a little time and then vanishes.”  James 4:14 Joseph got up on a day like any other, but he didn’t know that it was the last time he would see his family for years.  When…

“Truly, truly, I say to you, if anyone keeps my word, he will never see death.”  John 8:51 “Never fear death; Jesus won’t let you face it.”  Trevor Morris, note to his sons In all my years as a believer, I had never heard John 8:51 preached until my husband preached on it.  Little did…

I know how to be brought low, and I know how to abound.  In any and every circumstance, I have learned the secret of facing plenty and hunger, abundance and need.  I can do all things through him who strengthens me.  Philippians 4:12-13 Today, I’m just going to encourage you, sweet friend.  One of the…