You are not the only person who struggles to enjoy the holidays. Let’s be honest, your family’s divergent potential leanings and meal preferences are just the tip of your anxiousness. No matter how much you want or need a break, taking time off feels lazy and leaves you dreading the work piling up in your … Read more
We’re trained to be helpful and selfless; freely giving our gifts is encouraged and lauded. While this is true and admirable, the standard should be to help others without losing yourself. Far too often, we give and give, only to be left depleted. But, they need me I hadn’t thought about the weeks after the … Read more
Hope. Peace. Joy. Love. Advent begs us to slow down, to hold each one carefully and consider its part in our faith. Sit in the discomfort, wait for something to be revealed before the season’s big celebration. Wait, anticipate, you’re looking for purpose but waiting on God. Even now, he asks you to do his … Read more
“When peace like a river, attendeth my way, When sorrows like sea billows roll Whatever my lot, thou hast taught me to say It is well, it is well, with my soul” -It is Well with My Soul For real, it is well no matter what is going on in my life?! When one kid … Read more
Every day there’s a tension inside you—who you want to be compared to who you think you are. And it doesn’t seem like you can win because confidence and confusion are in a constant fight. Just when you think you’re on the right path or you’ve figured out what you’re supposed to do, impossible expectations … Read more
When you’re already feeling overwhelmed, the last thing you need is a list to prove how much you’re failing. Reading Proverbs 31 can feel just like that—a list of ways you’re failing to be a good Christian woman. Don’t let the description scare you. You have to get past the list and see what the … Read more
Even though you try to hide it, I can see your struggle. You’re playing a part to the best of your ability, but doubt and overwhelm remains. Being a good Christian wife means mastering a long list. But, you can never quite do everything on the list and instead you wonder if you’ve done enough? … Read more
The idea of becoming who you’re meant to be and doing your best is exciting and invigorating, but let’s be real—it’s also unnerving. When you believe God created you for something great, the idea of not doing it well is terrifying. Disappointing people is awful, but disappointing God is unimaginable. Before you decide to stop … Read more
As the massage therapist turned and twisted my neck, asking me questions about pain levels and range of motion, he made a casual comment. “If we do our best work on the wrong muscles, it doesn’t fix anything.” I almost broke into tears right there on the table. (which would have been more awkward than … Read more
Want to know what the “you’re not enough” lie feels like? In an act of momentary insanity, I took to Instagram and shared about the book proposal I’m currently writing and tagged several writers I admire. Instantaneously, a wave of insecurity hit me and I wanted to delete the post. Who am I to write … Read more
![For the regular days...
Yesterday, we celebrated the mamas. But I have some hesitance about the day on behalf of those for whom the day is hard. For those who will face disappointment, longing, or loneliness.
Here's to regular days, the ones that come right after the "important" days, the days we might feel overlooked or unappreciated.
Here's to Monday mornings when you get up with the sun and get to work, whatever that looks like for you.
Here's to having hard conversations and making hard decisions.
Here's to doing what needs done, whatever that means and wherever it takes you.
Here's to doing what you're meant to do.
[Caroline is traveling with me this week in Guatemala. She's my assistant on this trip.]](https://scontent-ord5-1.cdninstagram.com/v/t51.2885-15/280158713_1358881094613296_3621727649573332245_n.jpg?_nc_cat=101&ccb=1-7&_nc_sid=8ae9d6&_nc_ohc=duBTgZ_t7EYAX-t81l9&_nc_ht=scontent-ord5-1.cdninstagram.com&edm=AM6HXa8EAAAA&oh=00_AfB0DJU-rZtZ4AiySx_1Z9ZTE9R3FMu7VuAocA5xigGIcw&oe=6493C8EA "Overcoming The You Re Not Enough Lie")
