OVERWHELMED BY MY BLESSINGS

Some things are made just to look at. Some aren't. Ps 84:2 My soul yearns, even faints, for the courts of the LORD; my heart and my fl...

Do you ever find yourself thinking, I’ll be able to spend more time with God after my kids grow up, or when this week is over. Then everyth...

It’s our nature to compare. We go to a friend’s house. Their stuff is better than ours. Or, our stuff is better than theirs. My kids are all...

I have a sweet young friend who I meet for coffee about once a month. She is the mother of four children under six years of age! I say sweet...

You know this concept. You experience its effects daily with your children. But, today, ask yourself: What is God asking me to do? You ma...

Yesterday's post brought up a question by my frind Deleise . She asks: Robin, can you give us some tips on raising kids like Erin who c...

God makes it very plain in Deuteronomy 30 that we have a choice….life or death. Now, I don’t know about you, but I’m betting that all of yo...

I was reading the other day from the book of Numbers. In chapter 13 it talks about God telling Moses to send some men to explore the land o...

The loss of privileges and reaping consequences is usually an effective method of training. After all, life is a series of choices, and tho...

Is your life a roller coaster? Do you find yourself moving from one crisis to another, up, down, up, down? Let’s look at Psalm 84:5-7 Bless...

Last night Anna brought her Lifegroup out for fajitas, It was a noisy, lively group of twenty-something singles. We had a Meadows’ Mexican ...

Encourage Yourself It’s another overwhelming day. Everything has gone wrong. The kids are especially loud and disobedient, they have left ev...

Determine in Your Heart The year was 1990. I was pregnant (again….) and Katie, our fifth child, was nearing 4 years old. I remember sitting ...

My grace is enough; it's all you need. My strength comes into its own in your weakness. II Cor. 12:9 –The Message His grace is enough. ...

I remember one day when my children were young, Dirk coming home from work, finding us all sitting in the floor crying. Even me! I was don...