Do you feel deeply discouraged right now? Maybe things just keep getting worse, and you don’t know what to do anymore. Or maybe you are finding it hard to have the strength to keep going.  I can understand what you are feeling because I have been there. What has helped me and will help you

After angrily raising my voice at one of my children, I stopped and took a deep breath, realizing that I needed to apologize for how I just responded. In a kind, calm voice I said, “I am so sorry for yelling at you, do you forgive me?”  Directly staring into my eyes, my child responded

When going through difficult times, it’s hard not to focus on yourself. What is going to happen to me? What am I going to do? These questions can weigh heavy on your heart. But when you put on the mind of Christ, everything changes.  Doing this allows you to endure hardship well, knowing there is

Are you feeling burdened, weary, heavy hearted and needing rest? Jesus can help you and wants to walk with you in whatever you are going through. He loves you so much and sees you. He understands how you are feeling and experienced feeling this way too.  Learning how to surrender to God completely is how

It was a few months out from the death of my father, when out on a date with my husband, shopping for shirts, I came across one that looked just like one of my dad’s. My overwhelming sorrow over losing him came back to me, fresh as if it had just happened. The joy of

Are you striving to be perfect in all things? Your job, parenthood, your role as a spouse or friend? Being a Christian? This is extremely exhausting and the weight is so cumbersome. I know… because this is something that I have struggled with for years. If you are saying this is you too, you are

Do you feel like you’re going through a period of time when you’ve lost the ability and desire to do things? Maybe you feel like you’re struggling to move forward in life… but instead finding yourself often feeling hopeless and sorrowful. I went through this recently, after suffering the loss of a dear loved one. 

Are you in pain right now and in need of comfort? Maybe you have experienced loss and are grieving; or in great physical pain; or dealing with conflict in relationships; or having financial hardships.  Whatever you are walking through, I want you to know that God’s perfect comfort is available. There are words of comfort

Have you suffered the loss of a loved one and don’t know how to deal with your grief? Sometimes it feels like you just want to cry all the time and don’t even want to get out of bed to face the world. Doing normal things just feels so hard.  To begin, I just want

Are you allowing your mistakes to hold you back? Do you lay awake at night, replaying the wrong things you did or said? You don’t have to obsess over your mistakes when you know the grace of Jesus because there is no condemnation in Christ (Romans 8:1). The grace of Jesus is a gift to