On today's episode: "As Jesus approaches Jerusalem, he weeps. The words He speaks are haunting. “If you knew this day what would bring you peace...” Luke 19:42. He knew all along, but so many were blind. Then a couple of verses later, my heart nearly shatters. “...because you did not recognize the time when God visited you.” Luke 19:44. I hang my head in sorrow as I think about my own self. Would I have seen it? Would I have believed?"

On today's episode: "For me, the thought that brought me to repentance was the memory I wanted my family to have of me at such a precious time. I was filled with tremendous sorrow as I considered my attitude toward the man I promised to cherish and the incredible blessing of these children that were looking to me to learn about the world. It was as if I had looked at these blessings that brought immeasurable joy to my life and said to the Lord they weren’t good enough."

On today's episode: "Most often, I think we see this Scripture asking us to ponder ourselves in relation to status or possessions in life. But for me, I think it has application to our anxiety and our to do lists. We worry about the things we cannot control in an effort to figure it out so that we can gain access to this idea of freedom. What we fail to see is that our stressing over our lack of control is the very minute we’ve lost sight of what really matters and we lose our life. We stop standing in freedom of the truth of who we are in Christ and we know as Believers that is the most important thing."

On today's episode: "Without fail, the children get stuck in their present circumstance of how upset they are that they didn’t get what they wanted. They project that upset toward me as a mean and heartless Mommy who takes everything away and always says no. The no is so big that they forget about all the times I did say yes. Sometimes even that very afternoon. Sometimes the no is for something they really, really wanted. Like going to the birthday party or buying the toy that they’ve been pining after for some time. Can you see where I’m going with this?"