Confession:  I was a graceless, joyless mom.  It didn’t start out that way.  In fact, if you had asked me, I’m pretty sure my intentions were good. I wanted my kids to grow up to love the Lord.  I wanted them to love him as much (and even more) than I did.   But I was […]

As moms, we have a tremendous responsibility to use building-up words instead of words that tear down (and to teach our daughters to do the same). And the Bible certainly has a lot to say about our words and building one another up (Ephesians 4:29, Romans 14:19, Hebrews 3:13 to name a few). I remember […]