by Ashley | Jan 15, 2015 | be brave, comfort, Freedom, God's love, Holy Spirit, intimacy, love
Back in November, I shared that we were feeling a shift. We (my husband and I) began looking into alternative schooling for our kids. This journey is full of so much unknown and conflicting feelings! I almost envy those families who have a conviction about a...
by Ashley | Jan 6, 2015 | comfort, God's love, Holy Spirit, intimacy, love, Unconditional Love
It is fasting time at our church. We take the first three full weeks of the year and dedicate them to the Lord by fasting something and spending more time in prayer. The idea behind it is to quiet the flesh and realign ourselves with God. This gives way for us as...
by Ashley | Nov 20, 2014 | comfort, God's love, Holy Spirit, identity, love, trust
I have come to realize that Motherhood comes in waves and seasons. As soon as I get my footing and feel really comfortable in a particular season, a wave of change (be it ever so slight) will come through and cause me to shift. I know part of that is my own doing. I...
by Ashley | Nov 3, 2014 | comfort, God's love, Holy Spirit, identity, philippians 1:6, trust, writing
NaNoWriMo is one of the strangest words you may hear this month. It is a mash-up of words that all push me to do something that I have never done before! NaNoWriMo stands for, National Novel Writing Month. The challenge is to write 50,000 words (a novel essentially)...
by Ashley | Sep 10, 2014 | comfort, friendship, God's love, hard times, love, Uncategorized
It seems everywhere I go these days, I hear the women around me talk about a new season. They are all in transition from one phase of life to another. Some of the changes are small and some are huge. I am part of a special group of women that meet on a Wednesday...
by Ashley | Sep 4, 2014 | God's love, laughter, love, Uncategorized, Unconditional Love
Last night, I was putting my girls to bed and letting them choose a bed-time story. My Middle went for her Beginner’s Bible and flipped it open to the first story. So we dove right in. We read about God creating Adam and Eve and how that Sneaky Snake tricked Eve...