Archive for the ‘Fab Fridays w/ Ashley’ Category

Peace

  “And the fruit of the spirit is love, joy, PEACE, patience, kindness, goodness, gentleness, and self control.” Galatians 5:22-23   If your life is anything like mine, “peaceful” is probably one of the last words I would use to describe my day to day. The good thing about these verses is that these qualities [...]

Trust Me: Part III

A snippet from my journal . . .

Trust Me

Trusting God

Trust Me

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The Mommy Cross

“If anyone would come after me, he must deny himself and take up his cross daily and follow me. Luke 9:23 Motherhood is this concept in action. Motherhood requires giving up what we would like to do that day and doing what is best for our children instead. Sometimes it means giving up our shower, [...]

My Crying Baby

How Can Moms Endure?

No… sleepless night, temper tantrum in public, first day of school, rebellious attitude, day where you smell like throw up or poop or both, reflux, fighting amongst siblings, day when your baby leaves for college, wayward child loneliness or hopelessness, NO temptation has overtaken you except what is common to moms but God is so [...]

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Modest Thoughts: A Christian Woman’s Search for Beauty (Part 3 of 3)

“not draw attention to themselves by the way they fix their hair or by wearing gold or pearls or expensive clothes” These things: the way women fixed their hair, wearing gold and pearls, and expensive clothes was what was distracting in that day and age. I would venture to say that wearing gold is not [...]

Dresses

Modest Thoughts: A Christian Woman’s Search for Beauty (Part 2 of 3)

“They should wear decent and appropriate clothing” (“ with propriety and moderation” ESV adds) McArthur says, “A woman is to arrange herself appropriately for the worship services, wearing decent clothing which reflects a properly chaste heart” This means a heart that is right with God, a heart that is ready to worship not wanting to [...]

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Modest Thoughts: A Christian Woman’s Search for Beauty (Part 1 of 3)

Be beautiful. Be sexy. Wear less. Our culture – through various media outlets – defines beauty through sex appeal. Gone are the Hepburn days of classic beauty. And Christian women and girls are caught in the middle. Adhere to the culture or adhere to modesty? This topic is one of such controversy. It is a [...]

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5 Healthy Living Tips Busy Women Can Handle

1) Sweat Daily Yeah, ideally you would “work out” more days in a week than you do, but let’s be honest  – in a world of little kids, teething and potty training it’s just not always possible. So a good rule of thumb is to get some sweat in every day. Ideas for breaking a [...]

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