How to Show Gratitude by Using Your Words “One kind word can change someone’s entire day.” - Anonymous So far we’ve talked about the spiritual, mental and physical benefits of cultivating a grateful heart as well as: 6 Ways To Cultivate A Grateful Heart Today! How to Start Growing in a Habit of Gratitude Right Now How to Choose Gratitude Throughout Your Day How to start a gratitude journal Just the process of writing in a gratitude journal offers tons of benefits. ... continue reading...
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How to Choose Gratitude Through Your Day
How to Choose Gratitude Through Your Day Are you still unsure about the whole cultivating gratitude thing? I understand it can be tough to wrap your brain around, especially if you are in a challenging season. It can seem almost impossible to choose gratitude through your day when you don't feel like it. The hard truth is we can actually choose to be grateful for something not based only on our feelings or emotions. While it can be very hard to be thankful in all things right of the start, ... continue reading...
How to Start Growing a Habit of Gratitude Right Now
How to Start Growing a Habit of Gratitude Right Now Once you are committed to creating a habit of thinking of what you’re grateful for each day, it’s time to consider making it a written activity! I know it can be intimidating for people who don’t like to write. I also understand “time” for busy mamas is always a challenge. But in all honesty, it really doesn’t take much more time to write it down than to simply think of what you appreciate. The possibilities are endless and it can be as ... continue reading...
6 Ways To Cultivate A Grateful Heart Today!
6 Ways To Cultivate A Grateful Heart Today Give thanks in all circumstances; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you. 1 Thessalonians 5:18 If we are truly seeking to cultivate a grateful heart we need to begin the "practice of gratitude". We must be intentional and take practical steps to create a habit and re-train our thought process. Today I want to challenge you to pick at least one (or more!) of these 6 Ways to Cultivate a Grateful Heart and act on it! Message me (found in ... continue reading...
20 Wonderful Gifts for the Creative Child: Gift Guide
20 Wonderful Gifts for the Creative Child: Gift Guide The excellence of a gift lies in its appropriateness rather than in its value - Charles Dudley Warner (1829-1900) Are you struggling to find the perfect gift for that creative child? Or you've found as your kids start to get older, it can be more and more difficult to find a gift for them that they’re actually going to enjoy? I understand the challenge! Shopping for gifts is one of my least favorite activities, but having a few ideas to ... continue reading...
How to Cultivate a Grateful Heart Gratitude Challenge
How To Cultivate A Grateful Heart - A Gratitude Challenge Definition of gratitude: the state of being grateful: Thankfulness As I was having (yet another) discussion about patience with my 3-year-old the other day, things took an unsuspecting twist. Me: Baby girl, where is your patience right now? Baby girl: "In here," she said (pointing to her heart) Me: Right, our patience comes from our heart! Is it hard to be patient? Can we do it on our own? Her: It's hard Mommy, I want to ... continue reading...
The 10 Best Christian Gift Ideas For Your Tween Girl
So you've got a special tween girl in your life too?? Awesome! Since you're here I am betting you long to see her growing in her faith :) Maybe you've noticed the things about her faith she's processing on her own? Or you hear the good questions she's coming up with? Perhaps you are looking for ways to embrace her independent spirit that's growing and taking form? Tween girls (ages 8-12) need help to learn how to continually redirect their hearts towards the Lord. We've found ... continue reading...
How to Cultivate a Thankful Heart – Gratitude Bible Study
As the season changes, I find myself looking ahead to the upcoming Holidays. I'm looking at the good and.... um, the hectic. Before we hit it head on, I believe fall is a great time for a refocus. My heart has been prompted lately to rethink gratitude. It's hard when you're feeling squeezed, stressed and stuck. When you can't just seem to get a break. I know because I'm there. I also know something else. God is faithful. When I look to Him with a heart of thanksgiving He changes my ... continue reading...
Why all the Hype About Essential Oils?
I stood in front of the "oils shelf" in my local retailer trying to remember what I was told over the years. What kind of oil was supposed to help what? Or was it a combination of two or three? Should I just go with something that smells good? What do I actually do with the oil? Is it effective if I use it here and there? And really - is this "worth it?" How much is this going to cost me? Our family lives on one income! As hard as I tried, I couldn't remember the details. I ... continue reading...
How to Wait on God: 10 Bible Verses to Help!
What then are we to do about our problems? We must learn to live with them until such time as God delivers us from them…we must pray for grace to endure them without murmuring. Problems patiently endured will work for our spiritual perfecting. They harm us only when we resist them or endure them unwillingly. - A.W. Tozer Did you catch that? "Problems patiently endured will work for our spiritual perfecting" For our "spiritual perfecting" - our spiritual growth and sanctification. ... continue reading...
Intentional Bible Study for Overwhelmed Moms – FREE Monthly Printables!
10 pm and the house was finally quiet. I ran through the checklist in my overwhelmed mind. I grasped at anything that would make me feel accomplished that day ... What could I check off that would say all the busy was "worth it"? Could I find my value that day in how many things I had gotten done? The heart training, caretaking, homemaking & homeschooling left me feeling overwhelmed, disconnected and disheartened. Why? I knew it was what God had called me to do. What was I ... continue reading...
37 Practical Ways to Reclaim Joy in Your Christian Marriage
"Well that didn't go well" my oldest girl proclaimed. She was right. Sadly it was mostly Mom and Dad's attitude that was at fault. After nearly 20 years of marriage, that night we still managed to create what we now call the "s'more fiasco". A time that was supposed to be about enjoying our family, was instead spent snapping at each other, in front of our children none the less. And yes, it was all about .... s'mores. But not really. It ran deeper than s'mores. Now I see clearly that ... continue reading...
