The Last Days Way Journal

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Gone are the days when trauma suffices to inform my marriage, my parenting, my home in general. I’ve been there, done that. “My dad did this, so I’m going to make sure I do that.” “I’m going to make sure I’m nothing like *insert person*” If our highest and best is simply not doing what […]

Refusing to Allow Trauma to Inform Your Parenting–

Motherhood

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There’s a difference between having a truly difficult season or even few seasons, and permanently playing the role of ‘martyr mom’ to manipulate family and friends. Jada Hite There are days when I’m genuinely struggling and need a break. Let me correct that. There are WEEKS at a time when I am genuinely struggling and […]

Playing the Role of “Martyr Mom”–

Motherhood

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The mark of a disciple by America’s standards: Who Jesus says His disciples are: There is a cost to following Him. There is fruit in keeping with repentance. There’s no skirting around sanctification. There’s no bypassing the refining fire. 6 out of 10 adults in America claim to be Christian; but when their ideologies were […]

Who Jesus Says His Disciples Are..

Faith

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One of the most common things I hear from women who desire to homeschool, but feel hesitant is that “they are not patient enough.” You may have said, or at least thought, the very same thing. But just for a moment, I’d like to pose a new idea.. Perhaps you aren’t seeing patience actualized at […]

“I’m not patient enough to homeschool.”

Homeschooling Encouragement

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I’ve read a ton of parenting books, like a TON. All Christian, but from many different perspectives within their faith. Some have produced fruit in my life, and a few I’ve even considered life-changing. But after 8 years of parenting (and many more to go), this is what I’ve found. If I get my parenting […]

The Greatest Parenting Book I’ve Ever Read–

Motherhood

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I’ve heard so many people saying to me, “I couldn’t see myself birthing/raising children with the way the world is heading.” Whether followers of Jesus or not, much of the world is the aware of the darkness that surrounds. And yet, many (even in the Church) don’t realize that Jesus’s return doesn’t merely depend on […]

“I couldn’t imagine bringing a child into this present darkness.”

Motherhood