Encouragement for Today, Hope for Eternity
Encouragement for Today, Hope for Eternity
Faith & Hope, Infant Loss, Infertility
When was the last time you had your plans all laid out perfectly…and then all your plans didn’t work out the way that you wanted them to? This has happened to me more times than I can count. Just recently, I found myself telling some friends that while there is a large gap in age between our two living children …
Faith & Hope
I’m so honored for my work to be featured recently with a ministry called Radiant Sisters! I wrote a piece with four suggestions to help you if you’re in a season right now when you don’t feel motivated to read your Bible. If you haven’t felt like cracking open your Bible lately, please know you’re not alone, friend. As hard …
Faith & Hope
Are you in a hard season right now? If so, you’re not alone, friend. This morning on social media I posted an encouragement for anyone in a difficult season that seems like it will never end. So, before I jump into my blog post for today, I want to share a little excerpt from my post this morning. (You can …
Faith & Hope
I don’t typically use a post from my social media accounts as a blog post. But after posting this morning, I decided to re-post the below post from my Instagram account and Facebook page for those who don’t follow me on social. Like all of my posts, I hope that these words speak to your heart today! I absolutely love …
Infant Loss
A couple of weeks ago, as I perused Valentine’s candy at my local grocery store and tried to decide which bag of chocolate to buy, the whole world came to a halt when I saw a small display of Reese’s Peanut Butter Eggs. Why is Easter candy out now? It’s not even Valentine’s Day, I thought to myself. I wasn’t …
Faith & Hope
As Christ followers, it’s easy for us to read a Bible verse or passage during our quiet time in the morning but then forget it all by lunchtime. At least, that’s something that I struggle with sometimes! And even if we use different methods to study our Bibles each morning, we may even feel like God’s Word isn’t really taking …
Faith & Hope
I’m excited today to bring you an excerpt from author Becky Baudouin’s latest book called Enjoy Every Minute and Other Ridiculous Things We Say to Moms. Becky and I connected on Instagram, and I’m so happy to have found another author friend! While her book is focused on motherhood, this excerpt is applicable to anyone who is going through a …
Faith & Hope
Three years ago on February 1st, 2018 I launched The Encouraging Mom Blog. Actually, at the time, my blog had a different name (Beauty from Ashes), but my goal for my blog has always been the same: to bring encouragement, truth, and hope to all of my readers. When I started this blog, I really had no idea how the …
Faith & Hope
Before we talk about goals, I just want to say that I’m glad to be back posting on my blog again! My hope was to resume writing blog posts after the holidays, and I actually wrote today’s blog post the first week of January. It’s been sitting in Google Docs, though, until I edited it today finally! It’s good to …
Faith & Hope
I haven’t finished Christmas shopping. I haven’t wrapped a single gift. I feel like my brain has been unfocused and a bit fuzzy during my quiet times with the Lord. And I don’t feel like we’ve done enough fun Christmas-y activities as a family. It’s easy for me to feel frustrated and even angry with myself right now. And while …