I’m inspired to think about who I can tell, invite, include, challenge, encourage, believe in, and love so that their life may look different because I was willing to be the vessel God intended for me to be. I challenge you to go and be someone’s because

Our roles as mothers, grandmothers, and spiritual mothers is so important. God has entrusted children to us to train in the way they should go, and we are to pray they won’t depart from it (Proverbs 22:6). Their eternity is at stake. Their children’s children’s eternity is at stake. And could it hinge on us sincerely living out our faith? I think so.

Our daily routines can feel monotonous, can’t they? We go through the motions because that’s what we’ve always done. But what if we reframe our routine through the lens of prayer? Here are ten prayers we can pray to make our morning monotony more meaningful.

I never truly understood how it is more blessed to give than to receive until I became a wife and mother. Giving gifts, hugs, encouragement, time, and acts of service fill my heart like nothing else I’ve experienced. It seems counterintuitive. You’d think the more you give the emptier you’d feel, but the opposite has proven true for me. I’ve discovered giving is a response to love. Because I love my family, I want to give them all I can so they feel loved.

As Christians, we want our lives to reflect the Good News and great joy the Bible promises but sometimes I wonder if we are actually experiencing it. Many of us have grown weary—physically, emotionally, and even spiritually. We are weary from the demands, the worries, the expectations, and the fears that exist in our world today. We feel impatient and dissatisfied with our present reality and we long for relief.