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I am grateful that I didn’t wait for the perfect circumstances to seek  Jesus because His Presence carried me through a stressful season and made me see that I wasn’t alone in those difficult days. Mommas, I am not going to romanticize things and pretend I’ve gotten revelation after revelation during those busy, messy days. I didn’t. And that is okay since the biggest revelation is: Our Heavenly Father sent his only Son to tear apart the veil that was separating us and because of that, we can be in His presence every day.

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Denise Assis Dos Santos

Denise is a pastor, wife, and mother of two boys who wake up way too early every morning. She is a Brazilian living in Oslo, Norway, and speaks Norwegian and English in addition to her mother language, Portuguese. Denise has a burning desire to serve Jesus and to manifest His Kingdom on earth, all while juggling motherhood and a full-time job. You will find her writing, drinking coffee, listening to worship music, and working up the courage to do the dishes.

When we stand firmly on the foundation God has laid, we find inner peace and stability and show others the Holy Spirit in us. God calls us to stand firm because it brings glory to His name and draws people to Him.  Every moment of perseverance in Christ brings greater maturity and fulfillment along our Christian journey. When we stand on the rock, we may stumble, but we will not fall.

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Leslie Klosterman

Leslie Klosterman has savored more than a decade as a stay-at-home mother and volunteer. However, she recently took a leap of faith and completed her master’s degree in Christian Spirituality and Formation at Regent University. God has blessed Leslie with three lively sons (a teenager and twins who are eight). Leslie loves God, reading, writing, K-Dramas, dessert, and taking pictures. She also has a passion for ministering to women and children. You can find more of her writing at her personal blog.

The sadness of living in a broken world where war can transpire as quickly as a screen swipe is heartbreaking. The unfolding of war between  Russia and Ukraine is unsettling. Families fleeing military attacks.  Hordes of people seeking shelter in underground subways. A sobbing father saying goodbye to his daughter because he must stay behind to fight. This should not transpire. The shadows of evil seem to be prevailing, but the book of Revelation reminds us to hope in Jesus who will defeat the evil one forever.

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Jenny Marcelene

Jenny Marcelene spent six years living in conservative Muslim countries and desires to help families catch a glimpse of how God is at work among the nations. With a background in biblical languages, Jenny relishes plunging into the depths of Bible study and sharing these jewels from Scripture through writing.

Her publishing credits include online articles in The Gospel Coalition and Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission, print and online stories for global agencies, a five-day global devotional for a second-grade class, and a feature story in Adoption magazine. She worked as the Children’s Ministry and Curriculum Coordinator at her previous church and wrote an in-house resource for parents to disciple their children. Jenny lives with her husband and two sons in Chicagoland. You can drop by her blog for ways to cultivate global family prayer.

The world views balance as making room for the things that are most important to us. However, as believers who submit both our work and rest to Christ the King, balance is making room for those things that are important to his Kingdom.

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Bethany Broderick

Bethany Broderick lives in Birmingham, Alabama, with her husband, three-year-old daughter, and one-year-old son. A recovering perfectionist, she writes about resting in God’s grace in the everyday moments of life as a woman, wife, and mother. She is on the blog contributor team at The Joyful Life and has featured articles at Risen Motherhood, Coffee + Crumbs, and Kindred Mom. You can find her words on her personal blog (dwellingword.com) and on Instagram (@bethanygbroderick).

Relieved, I sat down at an empty table, and took a deep breath in an attempt to slow my heart rate. I had just dropped my two children under age two in their classes for our program in support of young moms. A ‘mentor mom’ quickly came to greet me, “It’s so nice to see you, how are you this morning?” “I’m here,” as if to say, “We made it.” It wasn’t that the morning was particularly difficult, it just felt like I wasn’t breathing.

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Our team consists of seventeen writers and Momma Theologians, but it is always a joy to host and steward others’ words in this space to encourage you in your spiritual growth.

If you are a writer and would enjoy the opportunity to be featured on our podcast, just like Patty and Heather are featured on this one, or to have your essay published at Momma Theologians, check out our writer’s and submissions guidelines at: mommatheologians.com/writer

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Danielle Dammeyer

Danielle is a youth pastor’s wife and mom living in Fort Wayne, IN. She holds a Master’s of Divinity from Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary. She loves learning new things, theology, thrift shopping, and all things cozy. Danielle is on the writing team for Wholehearted Quiet Time and has been published on The Daily Grace Co. blog. You can find more of her writing on her blog, anchoredinthevine.com and on Instagram @danielledammeyer.

I want to carve out more time to intercede on the behalf of unbelievers. Since the Bible is clear God wants all people to know him (1 Tim. 2:4) and we should lift up that outside of Christ (Rom. 10:1), I want to pray for the Holy Spirit to work in the lives of those who don’t know Jesus yet.

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Jenny Marcelene

Jenny Marcelene spent six years living in conservative Muslim countries and desires to help families catch a glimpse of how God is at work among the nations. With a background in biblical languages, Jenny relishes plunging into the depths of Bible study and sharing these jewels from Scripture through writing.

Her publishing credits include online articles in The Gospel Coalition and Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission, print and online stories for global agencies, a five-day global devotional for a second-grade class, and a feature story in Adoption magazine. She worked as the Children’s Ministry and Curriculum Coordinator at her previous church and wrote an in-house resource for parents to disciple their children. Jenny lives with her husband and two sons in Chicagoland. You can drop by her blog for ways to cultivate global family prayer.

Easter is a celebration, a time of feasting and rejoicing. We should revel in Christ’s resurrection. But if we feel that our family is losing touch with the real purpose of Easter, it is right to pause and ask ourselves how we can counteract this trend. In my home, I have found that a Christ-centered Easter begins several weeks before with the practice of Lent.

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Amy Fischer

Amy Fischer is a home-educating mom of three rambunctious boys. Originally from Indiana, she now resides with her family in northwest England. Amy writes about home education and parenting on her blog, Around the Thicket. She is also the co-host of the Thinking Love podcast, a show about the Charlotte Mason approach to education. When she isn’t chasing after her boys, you will find her reading, writing, or planning her next hike.

Our instinct as moms is often to run to Google or parenting resources when we don’t know what to do in any given situation. There are certainly good times to utilize those things, but when we go there first, we neglect the great gift that dwells inside us—the Spirit of God Himself, a Helper who will guide us to truth.

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Kyleigh Dunn

Kyleigh Dunn is wife to Ezra and mother to three young girls. She reads obsessively, enjoys playing oboe and piano, and seeks to spread awareness of perinatal mood and anxiety disorders in the church and apply theology and biblical encouragement to moms experiencing them. Kyleigh blogs at www.thesojourningdunns.wordpress.com and can be found on Instagram @kyleighrdunn or Facebook @thesojourningdunns.

God has apportioned us a certain territory, a realm of responsibilities for our earthly life. We are made in His image and called to steward and cultivate the space we are given. When I reflect on my life, I can see many times when I resisted where the boundary lines had fallen... God knows exactly what we can do through Him, and He sets our boundary lines in pleasant places, offering us a delightful inheritance. 

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1. Some basic examples of boundary stones can be found in the Ten Commandments. God set up guidelines to protect His people from sin and destruction. Reflect on a time you crossed the boundary stones set for you by God’s word. What were you looking for on the other side? What were the consequences? How have you resisted crossing the boundary stones recently?

2. How can we help our children understand that these boundary stones exist to flourish them, not to frustrate them? Discuss this with your husband.

3. There are many secular proverbs for women that encourage us to draw our own boundary lines. For mothers, the encouragement is often to draw in, lower the bar, expect less of ourselves, and put off our calling until our children require less of us. There can be shades of truth in all of these cultural messages, but just as God would never call us to hustle for our worth (as culture does), neither does he want us to accept less than His plan for our lives. What cultural messages have been motivating your expectations of yourself? Journal out a list of these messages and prayerfully seek scriptural truth to better understand what God’s expectations for you are.

4. Another application of these scriptures on boundary stones is to consider how God feels when someone crosses our boundaries in friendship or relationship. Based on these scriptures how do you think God feels when that happens? Some examples of this would be friendships that do not respect the biblical values we’ve set for our lives and try to get us to compromise them. More frequently in this phase of our lives, we may encounter someone who expects more out of us relationally than God is calling us to give; specifically, they need Jesus, but they’d rather we be the ones to comfort them, encourage them, serve them, and meet their needs. When I have felt as though someone is crossing my boundaries, I have been grateful for godly mentors in my life to discuss the situation with. Sometimes, I need to soften my heart and better serve this person, but usually, I need to remember that the best thing I have to offer them is the truth about Jesus Christ. This has often resulted in rejection and abandonment, but I take heart in the fact that Jesus experienced this, too. Boundaries remind us that we are human, and that our Father in heaven knows what is best for our lives.

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Adrienne Garrison

Adrienne Garrison lives in Bloomington, Indiana with her husband and their two little ones, soaking up the daily grace of a steadfast God. She is a contributing writer at Momma Theologians and Coffee + Crumbs, and her short stories have been featured in Literary Mama and LETTERS Journal. Adrienne believes magic takes the form of heart-to-heart conversations, petit-fours, and walks in the woods. You can find more of her writing and sign up for her newsletter at adriennegarrison.com

Sweet mommas, Scripture memory isn’t reserved for children’s Sunday school classrooms. Indeed, it’s for us adults too. We desperately need God’s Word stored in our hearts.

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Cassie Pattillo

Cassie is a student pastor’s wife, mom to two energetic boys, and hopeful adoptive mom to their daughter, growing in their hearts from India. She’s passionate about biblical literacy, and writing and teaching about Scripture. Currently, she’s pursuing an M.A. in Ministry to Women from Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary to better equip her to teach God’s Word. Cassie loves slow mornings with a cup of coffee, a good book on the beach, and Gamecock football. She loves giving Gospel-centered encouragement through writing, which you can find on her blog, Diaries of a Daughter.