Category: Grace
Truth about Covid-19 Videos
(I will be adding new videos as I find them!) This is part 1 of a full-length documentary that’s going to come out this summer. It’s only 25 minutes, but packed full of truth that you NEED to watch!! The website is https://plandemicmovie.com.
Is Every Promise in the Bible Really Mine? {Psalm 46:5}
IS EVERY PROMISE IN THE BIBLE REALLY MEANT FOR ME? Recently, while I was relaxing on the living room sofa, my wife asked me the meaning of a certain Bible verse. She had already drawn her own conclusion regarding the text but she wanted my opinion to validate that she …
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Why I’m Free to Wear Shorts in the Light
I put on shorts already this year. It’s back to being cold, because that’s what New England life looks like, but that’s not noteworthy. That happens almost every year; a few warmer days, a few colder days. God must get a kick out of the prayers of sun those in …
Praying Scripture: A Light unto My Path
There is no question that life is full of mountain top highs and deep valley lows. It’s easy to trust God from the heights, but what about those valleys? Where do we turn to for hope when we find ourselves shrouded in the darkness of difficulty? I believe there is …
Treasures in the Darkness
“I will give you treasures hidden in the darkness – secret riches. I will do this so you may know that I am the Lord, the God of Israel, the one who calls you by name.” (Isaiah 45:3 NLT) Sitting in the quiet of the chapel in the school where …
Why I Need to Trust God When I Suffer
As a small child, I was terrified of storms because I thought each one carried a tornado in it. When the storm warnings would come on the T.V., the atmosphere around me was one of fear and anxiousness, so by default, I picked up that energy. I would suffer through intense fear …
3 Ways to Shine a Light into the Darkness
The fear comes at night when the lights turn out. I can feel the darkness as a tangible sadness. It feels real, the darkness of depression. Sometimes it feels like a weight on my chest. Other times it feels like a heavy fog, clouding my thoughts. Most of the time I …
God’s Perfect Plan
I sat with tears streaming down my cheeks and buried my head in my hands. “God, I can’t do this anymore!” I cried. I had prayed, begged and pleaded with God to give my husband and I more children, and he answered that prayer by allowing us to adopt through …
Codependency and Christ: A Reflection on a Reflection
In the cold, gray quiet of a January morning in 2015, I was sitting on my couch … weeping. I held a paperback book in one hand and wadded up corner of a blanket in my other that I was using to muffle my sobs so I didn’t wake anyone. …
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Jesus, the Light in My Darkness
The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it. John 1:5 Nearly a year ago I gave birth to a beautiful baby girl. A momentous occasion at any time, but one that seemed particularly wonderful, because she was a direct answer to a prayer. [clickToTweet …
A Life Well Lived – Honoring Mandy Kelly
Romans 8:18–For I reckon that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us. On Tuesday, March 21, I logged onto Facebook to find a message from my friend, Becky. She wondered if I knew what was going …
Embrace Grace Love in a Box {Product Review}
As I mentioned in my review of Melissa Ohden’s book, I have been a prolife advocate for ages. I haven’t always known how to go about it, but my intentions have always been good. The women’s march closely followed by the march for life kind of did something to my …
Is Grace Really Free?
“But I fear, lest by any means, as the serpent beguiled Eve through his subtilty, so your minds should be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ.” — 2 Corinthians 11:3 A while back, I put up some rubber wall base in our house. It has an adhesive backing …
Examining Matthew 24:4-5 – The Great Deception
“And Jesus answered and said unto them, Take heed that no man deceive you. For many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and shall deceive many.” Matthew 24:4-5 Some people wrongly assume that this passage is teaching that many will come professing to be the Messiah. In …
Piercing the Darkness
Imagine being trapped alive under the rubble of the collapsed World Trade Center Towers. For hours you shout and scream until you have no voice left. No one hears your cries for help. You feel all alone and scared. Your tears begin to dry up. Your emotions fade away into …
Faith of Our Fathers {Movie Review}
About the movie: John Paul and Wayne are two young men in search of their fathers. Problem is…their fathers have been dead for 25 years. Eddie and Steven are two young men in search of their sons…whom they’ve never met. In 1969, Eddie and Steven are with their squad deep …
You Are Loved: Why It Changes Everything {Imperfect Moms Day 38}
Twenty years ago, I sat on my bathroom floor in my college apartment with a bottle of aspirin in my hand and was ready to take my life. [clickToTweet tweet=”I sat on my floor in my apartment with a bottle to take my life. @UrVibrantFamily #imperfectmom” quote=”I sat on my …
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Freedom to Choose
I just read this. Whatever you think of gun control, the people should not be bypassed to enact measures that might not otherwise be enacted. It is supreme arrogance to assume your position is so right that it is OK to force it upon a people. What if a Christian …
These Shoes Were Made for Running {Imperfect Moms Day 36}
My five-year old has become quite the fashionista in her short life. On a daily basis, I find myself smiling at the outfit she has put together, combining patterns, colors and clothing types in ways I never would have imagined. (Who knew a pink ballet tutu could pair so perfectly …
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Do What I Say, Not What I Do {Imperfect Moms Day 35}
I have two precious children the Lord has entrusted to me. Being a parent is the most important call I have on my life. It is fun, rewarding, frightening, exciting, special, and did I mention frightening? What I am not called to be is the most perfect parent. Thank God, …
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Invitation to Join Men After God’s Own Heart Series
Hey guys, My wife and I are going to be starting a new blog series after the first of the year (March and April), entitled “Men After God’s Own Heart.” We are looking for men willing to share how God has used you despite your weaknesses and imperfections. God referred …
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Handpicked by God {Imperfect Moms Day 34}
Have you seen this phrase going around on social media? “I have been perfectly blessed and assigned by God to be the mom my kids need.” I’m not sure where it originated, but I cringe almost every time I read it. I know it’s meant to encourage and strengthen. I …
When the Imperfect Mom Gives to Others {Imperfect Moms Day 33}
Do you give the best to others and the rest to your family? She wanted to read the textbook by herself. I worked a long day and felt the time slipping away. I needed to cook dinner and just didn’t have the energy to help her do it own her …
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Are you Kingdom living or kingdom building?
Jesus didn’t say, “I am going now, so you can prepare a place for me” and He definitely didn’t tell you to prepare your own place. What He told His disciples was, “And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto …
