Tap… Rejoice in the Lord always; again I will say, rejoice. Let your reasonableness be known to everyone. The Lord is at hand; do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding,… Continue reading Mama’s Wrong Again
Category: Comforts and Calls
Raise the standard, by lowering it?
“When it comes to parenting, you have often heard me say that our parental responsibility does not consist in getting young people to grit their teeth and conform to the standard. The task before us is to bring up our children in such a way as to love the standard. This is not possible to… Continue reading Raise the standard, by lowering it?
Gypsy Tips, part 1
Moving has been a steady part of my life along with another little family tradition called “seeing potential.” As an Evans, I think I moved 13 times. Now, after 10 years of marriage, we are settling into our 4th residence. Even our church is about to make a move “Spencer style,” which basically means a… Continue reading Gypsy Tips, part 1
A Cautionary Tale in Pictures
A bit of wisdom from the school of hard knocks: Do not try to organize all of your family’s toys, clothes, and school supplies in the same day, unless you want your house to look like: and these pictures are only from one spot at 3 different angles. Bad idea. Bad idea.
I Can’t Imagine
There are moments in motherhood that our imaginations lack the capacity to prepare us for. I took Jack to urgent care because he had a 104 fever this evening (turned out to be an ear infection and he’s doing much better now). While I was waiting in line to check-in, he projectile vomited all over me and… Continue reading I Can’t Imagine
The Convicting Spirit – Valley of Vision
Chris put this in front of me today because he knew I needed to pray it, every part of it. He was right. Hope you are encouraged as much as I was! THE CONVICTING SPIRIT THOU BLESSED SPIRIT, AUTHOR OF ALL GRACE AND COMFORT, Come, work repentance in my soul; Represent sin to me in… Continue reading The Convicting Spirit – Valley of Vision
Walk the Dog on the Way Up
David Powlison has explained sanctification as a yo-yo going upstairs. I love this analogy. The yo-yo is going up, but sometimes you are being flung down. The last few weeks my parenting has been playing a little “walk the dog.” Hoping to start the ascent up the string, I’m writing this post to myself. Feel free… Continue reading Walk the Dog on the Way Up
This Is Love
I’m planning a Bible lesson for 3-6 year-olds tomorrow and trying to incorporate Valentine’s Day. My research on the history was slightly disappointing. It seemed to begin as a Christian holiday, commemorating the martyr Valentine’s beheading on February 14th at the end of the 3rd century. It wasn’t until the 14th century when Chaucer connected the day with love by… Continue reading This Is Love
The Gauntlet
I walked in the door from grocery shopping the other day and announced to Chris, that “checking out of the grocery store is analogous to a man having to walk past Deja Vu on his way to work every day!” He did not react as shocked as you may think. We’ve been married for nearly… Continue reading The Gauntlet
Gads of books! Mountains of Books!
For some odd reason, my sister and I spent an entire summer watching Beauty and the Beast, almost every day. I think we figured out it was close to 50 times. Maybe Disney planted subliminal messages in all the songs, maybe we really appreciated the redemptive qualities that the story line followed, or maybe we were just… Continue reading Gads of books! Mountains of Books!
Talking Wall 