When I Heard God Whisper Community

When I Heard God Whisper Community The hotel was the same as before. It stood tall and regal, filled to the brim with women from all walks of life. I walked into the lobby. Setting my luggage down, I exhaled and got in line to check in. Two-hundred sixty-four miles I had traveled. For some reason, my GPS decided to take me down a different path than the past two years. The little app on my phone directed off of…

How to Find Rest, When Life is Stressful

One day I was driving to take my husband lunch. I discovered the secret to how to find rest, when life is stressful. The car is sometimes a torture chamber. Don’t get me wrong. I like driving, but pile in five kids, nine and under. Not fun, people. Not fun. It’s sometimes enough to drive me insane. The fighting, pinching, pulling, crying, and “MOOOOOOMMY” was about to cause a wreck on the interstate the other day. This question came to…

Six Ways to Cultivate a Prayer Habit

Six Ways to Cultivate a Prayer Habit Our garden this year is completely overrun. We had grand plans for green beans, green peppers, pumpkins, tomatoes, squash, and even broccoli. Unfortunately, we let it be overrun with weeds and failed to water it during the drier days. It is a sad little plot of land, barren and empty. Cultivating a garden takes work, and so does cultivating a prayer life. If we neglect prayer in our Bible study time, we might find our…

How to Be Intentional When Life is Crazy

Summertime is usually our calm-time. We spend our morning relaxing and chilling before we head to the pool. This summer, on the other hand, is going to look a little bit different. This month we are traveling to China to bring home our fifth child, a little boy only two-years old. We have decided this is the summer we will not get to do the “same old things.” In fact, I’m not quite sure what this summer will look like….