Growing Weary

by Kara Peck I was so excited to have a chance to encourage the lovely women at Heritage with a blog post. I had plenty of time to gather my thoughts... To type out whatever God deemed worthy to give me. I waited and waited. Truth be told I probably even put it off. Why would I do that, when I was so excited to share? I allowed things to get in the way, waiting for divine breadcrumbs of wisdom and encouragement. I didn’t go searching for them as I should have. I began to get down. After all, what did I have to share? What can I encourage anyone with? CLICK ON PHOTO TO KEEP READING...

Beautiful Portion

by Stephanie Strom So much about our pilgrimage on earth is variable. Our days teeter on ever-shifting sand which are battered, smoothed, and reshaped by tides that ebb and flow in a steady rhythm unrelenting. Ups and downs, feast and famine, joy and despair all rise and fall from dawn to dusk. Nothing is constant... CLICK ON PHOTO TO KEEP READING...

When The Numbers Don’t Add Up

by Randi Peck Three bags propped up against my wall serve as a teasing reminder that my life will soon, yet again, be turned upside down. The highlighted box on my calendar stresses that a mere twenty-five days remain until my due date- a date my son will surely scoff and point at, as he passes it by. For whichever day he does decide to christen his birthday, four loads of blue laundry remain to be washed and organized. Thirty-one thank-you cards beg me to mail them before my 18-month-old daughter gets a hold of them with her sparkly crayons. Two hundred dollars worth of groceries need stuffed into our minimal kitchen storage space, preparation for the weeks we will bunker into survival mode. All this for one baby... CLICK ON PHOTO TO KEEP READING...