How did you grow up viewing your body? Good? Bad? Not normal? Better than normal? Ha! The truth is that I grew up viewing my body as something that was bad or needed to be fixed. The truth is that my body is good now and will be good when I'm 80. It is good when I'm at my lowest weight and at my highest weight. My body is good because God says it is!!

At the same time, I am realizing that I have not been submitting my self control in certain areas of my life over to God. So I started 75 Hard today because I needed to gain back control over my heart, mind, body, and soul. So with God's help, here I go and I am going to share with you all about that and also how I've gotten to a healthy conclusion about taking care of my body with God's help!

To join me or prayer or encouragement, you can email me at [email protected] and I would love to encourage or pray for you!

Have you ever had someone say to you, "I promise, it does get easier!"? I have and it's made me want to punch them in the face. Not really, but it's one of those phrases that has always hit me the wrong way because I have seen NO LIGHT at the end of the tunnel when it comes to things getting easier with my girls in terms of vacations, traveling, and general life situations.

BUT I am here to share with you that I think I now understand WHEN it does get easier, and how I have seen the hard turn a little easier in this current stage of parenting! After traveling 4500 miles this past month with my 4 girls, ages 10 to 3...yes, that's over 60 hours we spent in the car, I can say that I was so shocked and pleasantly surprised at how much easier this trip was than in the past almost 11 years of trips we have taken. Somehow this has given me a new perspective on our life at home too. Join me as we talk about the hard years of parenting and how I can finally see how it does get a bit easier!

I'm learning a lot from my children this summer...even on the hard days. I will be the first to admit that I was dreading headed into summer because we are in a unique season in our household with sibling relationships and learning to love each other well. BUT THANKS BE TO GOD, He has changed my perspective (and theirs) and my kids are teaching me so much about the heart of God for me and for them this summer. It's only by His grace that He has changed my outlook and therefore, I truly believe changing the outlook of my girls. He is SO good, and I have the sweetest gift in these 4 girls He has given me to raise.

Come join me as I share 3 fun and touching stories of things my girls have done to remind me that we are so precious to our Heavenly Father. We are irreplaceable and safe in the hands of Jesus.

As followers of Jesus, we all know the importance of leaning into His words and His voice. Sometimes that can seem overwhelming, but I think summer time is a great time to make memorizing scripture fun for you and for your kids!

Today I am going to share how we are memorizing scripture as a family, ways to make it fun, and also WHY it's important to get God's word in our hearts and minds!

DWELL is the scripture card company I share about today!

KEY VERSES:

Psalm 119:105

Your word is a lamp to my

Job 23:12

I have not departed from

Psalm 119:11

I have stored up your word

If we are being honest, I have been in a season of motherhood that has made me feel completely out of my depth. Sometimes I want to run away, cry, or just tell God that I think He picked the wrong mom for this job! We've all had those feelings, right?

I want to share with you today what God has revealing to me recently about the connection between my heart and Jonah through reading the book of Jonah. I'm not so different from the guy who received God's call and doubted it so hard that he RAN into a deep, roaring sea because he thought He wasn't cut out for what God had called him to do.

You and I were created before the beginning of time to be the exact mom for our kids that they need. If you need prayer in this area, please email me at [email protected] and my prayer team and I would be delighted to pray for you!

KEY PASSAGES:

Jonah 1

Jeremiah 1

What do you do when your kids start to give you attitude? Start to talk back? Say things to each other or to you that you "just can't believe they would say!"? I wanted to share a simple verse that we use often in our house. It's a way to connect scripture to their hearts and minds and help them to "hide God's word in their heart" as they seek to love other around them!

Are your words sweet or sour? Proverbs 16: 23-24-"Kind words are like honey-sweet to the soul and healthy for the body."

If you need prayer, please email me at [email protected] and I would be honored to pray for you!

We absolutely cannot pour from an empty cup! Well, we can but it never pours out the best from us! Today on the podcast we are talking about HOW to fill up your cup well and WHO you can do that with!

It takes some intentionality but it can be done! Come join me as I share my journey over the past few years of how I have sought to find the things that fuel and fill me so that I can continue to be the kind of mama who's cup is overflowing more than not.

If you need prayer, please email me at [email protected], and I would love to pray for you!

As we wrap up our mini series on Resilient Motherhood, I recognize that there are many mamas out there who just feel bone tired and weary. You may be wondering if it is even possible to be resilient when you feel so tapped out. The good news is that you can...because HE IS!!

Jesus is the answer to our weariness and today I am going to share with you how we can lean on him in the seasons of mamahood that can feel long and hard.

Thank you for joining me in this mini series. I pray that you walk away carrying the RESILIENCE of Jesus into your everyday motherhood.

We so often downplay the importance of prayer and how it changes things in our lives. Mamas, we cannot afford to make this mistake with our children. We must pray for them to develop resiliency in the difference areas of their live so they can be protected from the lies of this world.

Our enemy is a ROARING lion....and we have to make sure that the RIGHTEOUS and TRUE LION of Judah is the one they hear above all else.

Join me today on day 6 of our Resilient Motherhood series as we talk about HOW you can specifically pray for your children in today's culture. I will give areas to pray as well as scripture to pray over your children while we talk about the power of prayer in the lives of our children.

You are loved, mama! Don't ever forget that your voice is heard by the King of all Kings!

KEY WAYS TO PRAY FOR YOUR CHILDREN:

Connection with other believing kids and adults, Romans 12:5

Contentment to be free from other's approval, 1 Thessalonians 2:4

Covering of Protection, Psalm 91:1-2

Compassion, Ephesians 4:32

Wisdom, James 1:5