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Fighting for Bud: An Update
[Guest post by Jenee Day: About a month ago, Jenee shared with us why she was writing to distract herself. Here is an update on her son Bud’s health and how she is fighting for him.] Some of the most difficult times in my life as a mother are when my children are sick. The emotions that come along with nurturing our little ones are various and deep. Helplessness, sadness, confusion, hope and determination are just a few of the feelings my husband and I have experienced recently. As Bud was admitted to the hospital again last week, we held on to each other and to our faith. I have…
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I'm on Walking in Joy
This week, I had the great opportunity to be a guest on the FABULOUS podcast, Walking in Joy, from Ursula McGuire. Walking in Joy is an encouraging podcast for Christian women and I appreciate Ursula putting so much hard work into it! It was such an awesome experience to be interviewed, and I’m honored to have been nominated to share! Thanks so much for having me, Ursula. You can check out my episode here. I talk about my story, but there are some things I don’t think I’ve really mentioned on Devotional Diva. Enjoy!
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Demonstrating Your Faith (+Giveaway)
I’m excited to share with you the first “feature post” on Devotional Diva! FAITH Christian Jewelry is a family-owned and operated business that sells faith-promoting jewelry and gifts including Spirit and Truth, Bob Siemon, and many more. Since we’re all about sharing your story on Devotional Diva, I asked Andrea from FAITH Christian Jewelry to share a little bit more about the people and story behind the business. Who are the “faces” behind FAITH Christian jewelry? The faces behind FAITH Christian Jewelry are just me and my husband Matt. He loves to geek out and build websites and I love to talk about religion. Therefore we thought what a great way…
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Why are you cast down, O my soul?
[Guest post by Nicole Bernard: Have there been times in your life when you have been cast down? This is Nicole’s story on learning to depend on our Savior, the great Shephard.] During the summer of 2011 I was well into my pregnancy. One Saturday as I was home alone exercising, I found myself in an awkward position. I’d just finished a series of left-side leg-lifts and attempted to roll over to my right side. I ran into a snag, however. I couldn’t complete the roll, and I found myself stuck on my back. For a few seconds I was amused, but as I rocked back and forth, unable to free…
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When You Hit Bottom
While perusing for quotes today, I came across this one. Success is how high you bounce when you hit bottom. It struck me, and I thought I’d share it with you today.
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Becoming a Mom is Completely Terrifying
Becoming a mom is completely terrifying. Almost every night for the past few weeks, I’ve started falling asleep…and then I realize, I’M GOING TO BE A MOM. I go into a panic, thinking about how hard it will be to take care of my new baby and trying to think of all the things I still need to do. I try to rationalize my knowledge of infant care and how I can get everything done. In my mind, if I can make sense of something and have a reasonable plan, I start to feel better. I’m excited for my little boy to arrive, really, I am. I want to be…
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Changes on Devotional Diva
This is certainly a season of change for Devotional Diva. First, there was the redesign (that I hope you’re enjoying!). Secondly, I want to address what will happen when my little bundle of joy arrives! And third…well, we’ll get to that! As you probably know by now, my son is scheduled to arrive in mid-May. But that’s the thing…he is scheduled for mid-May, and only God knows when he will actually get here! So, I will continue to schedule posts for Devotional Diva until he is born.When he is born, I will publish a pre-written post announcing his arrival. In that post, I will also let you know how many posts…
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Many Plans
When trying to decided on a quote topic for today’s post, I kept thinking about planning. I’ve given up making long-term plans for my life and instead I (try) to trust the Lord. You can make many plans, but the Lord’s purpose will prevail. Proverbs 19:21 There are quite a lot of scriptures regarding God’s plans for us, but I didn’t remember seeing this NLT verse. I liked the way it’s phrased!
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Unexpected Family Bonding
[Guest post by Michelle Rise: I absolutely love Michelle’s story about winter camping and the unexpected family bonding she experienced on the trip! Praise God for such a chance to connect.] Camping was recently a new thing for our family and going in spring and summer for the occasional weekend was adventure enough for me, or so I thought. When we purchased sleeping bags, we chose the ones only for temperatures down to 30 degrees for the simple reason that camping in frigid weather was for mountain climbers only. Then our kids discovered snowshoeing on a trip with their youth group to Rock-N-Water Christian Camp. They wanted us to go…
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Living a Fulfilled Life
[Guest post by Ifeoma Samuel: Ifeoma is back to share her insight on living a fulfilled life. And on March 15th, she releases her new book, My 30 Days Journey To a Fulfilled Life.] I don’t want to wake up one morning and feel empty, like I watched my life pass on without me. With wrinkles lined on my face, no one to smile at because we have nothing in common and everyone else has moved on with their lives. And have no place to go because I had sat in front of my TV for years. Neither do I want to live a life filled with regrets of things I…
