by Janel Breitenstein | Mar 22, 2016 | challenging, children, conflict, difficulty, discouragement, emotion, Family, free download, kids, Parenting, practical, prayer, Printables and Freebies, shareables
Be the Prince of Peace in my home. Be my Wonderful Counselor; be the Mighty God who controls my home. Let me love and parent as you do, Everlasting Father (Isaiah 9:6). Let my peace come from you rather than my circumstances. “Set a guard, O Lord, over my mouth; keep...
by Janel Breitenstein | Mar 18, 2016 | challenging, failure, faith, fear, quotes
Missed Part I? Get it here. Remember the mourning. Looking at Scripture, it seems God sometimes simply asks for us to witness what is not right in this world, and to participate with Him in lament. Maybe you’re flirting with failure in part because of someone’s...
by Janel Breitenstein | Mar 16, 2016 | challenging, failure, faith, fear, quotes
Hey. Let me just lay it out for you here: I, uh, may have actually started these memos for me, while I huddled in my bedroom chair on a Sunday morning, hoping it would be a few more minutes before the kids popped in or started fighting. And then I thought maybe you’d...
by Janel Breitenstein | Mar 11, 2016 | challenging, difficulty, discouragement, failure, faith, fear, God's will, quotes
“[The disciples in the storm in Mark 5:45-52] are in a situation that seems impossible, exhausting, frustrating, and potentially dangerous. They are far beyond their strength and ability. As you read the passage, you have to ask yourself why Jesus would ever want his...
by Janel Breitenstein | Mar 8, 2016 | Africa, challenging, difficulty, encouragement, enduring love, failure, faith, fear, God's will, true success
I have been waiting. The dust, fine and red, coats the plants lining our roads. Sweat beads on my upper lip. Last night as my children lay awake in bed, I stuck my head in and reminded them to keep guzzling plenty of water, after a friend of theirs landed in the...
