When you find yourself beginning a new chapter in your life, you feel both anxious and excited. It is hard to start over or begin it again. We challenge ourselves and doubt everything along the way. I am beginning multiple new chapters in my life, so my anxiety, doubt, and excitement are even higher. Being a woman, a mother, and a wife, of course, makes all of this an even bigger deal. My mind can’t help to wonder, why do I have to start over and begin again? Is this the plan, and if so why I did I not get it right the first time? My first new beginning was finding myself as a new ... Read the Post
Can You Hear God?
My 5 year old son asked me after we came home from church last week, “Mommy, how do we know God is talking to us if we can’t hear him?” This seemed to him and to me a fair question to ask. I had to think about how I would answer him. I laughed first at how cute he was and then said, “Well, you just have to be real quiet and listen to your heart where God speaks to us the most.” He and I have been very committed to our new relationship with God and our church. I am proud of his question, even if it is not quite on the right track. I asked him if he understood what I meant, and he said, ... Read the Post