Please join me in prayer for some friends in Christ, who ask that their names remain confidential and simply need a break.  Lord, we humbly come before you and ask that you please bless our friend(s) with new employment opportunities so that they can afford the essential things in life including a house to live in.  Please take their hands and guide them in the right direction- the direction that runs parallel [...]

I’ve been missing in action on the blog for quite a while. After finally getting a diagnosis for my son, he has been asthma free since February 21st, and I’ve been celebrating with him instead of sitting behind my computer. Life doesn’t get too much better! Every aspect of our lives has improved. Do you know someone who has a child with a chronic illness? Do something nice for them [...]

Don’t forget about our growing list of restaurants Where Kids Eat for Cheap!  It seems like the best day of the week for deals on children’s plates is Monday.  Lucky for us, it’s Monday!  Following are some restaurants that offer good deals.  Call before you go just in case anyone has changed their kids’ specials.  Please let us know if we can add a restaurant to the list (or if [...]

A huge thank you is in order for Royale, who just wrapped up the Beautiful in God’s Eyes Bible study.  Thank you, Royale, for your dedication to seeing this project through.  You did a fantastic job on discussion points throughout the book, and I have really enjoyed reading alongside of you.  May God bless you in your next project. Heather

“Give her of the fruit of her hands, and let her own works praise her in the gates” Proverbs 31:31 We did it!  We reached the top of the mountain, crossed over the finish line… however you want to see it.  We now have the instruction God has given us to become the Proverbs 31 woman, a woman after the heart of God.  The thing that stands out to me in [...]

Today is a huge day at my house! For the first time in over a year and a half….. (drum roll)… we have a coffee table again! The coffee table, at first, was patiently waiting in our guest bedroom until our son learned to walk steadily… then procrastination took over. Thank you, Scott, for moving it for me! I’ll try to be nice all day.

“Her children rise up, and call her blessed, and her husband also, and he praises her: ‘Many daughters have done well, but you excel them all.” Proverbs 31:28-29   I am writing this post Thanksgiving eve. I’m in the process of packing to go visit the inlaws eight and a half hours away.  I have a million things running through my head. I do not want to forget anything, and [...]

“Her children rise up and call her blessed, and her husband also, and he praises her.” Proverbs 31:28 I will have to say this is my favorite verse in Proverbs 31!  I already feel abundantly blessed when it comes to my son.  Yesterday, he pointed to the sky and said, “Jesus and Jonah,” the first 12 days, he said, “Amen” after learning it. I cried every time I heard it, and Sunday [...]

“She watches over the ways of her household, and does not eat the bread of idleness.” Proverbs 31:27 I think I speak for myself as well as many others in saying that sometimes I wish there were more hours in a day.  I have met very few women in my life that are idle– most can’t find enough time to get everything done in their days. This specific verse to [...]

“She opens her mouth with wisdom, and on her tongue is the law of kindness.” Proverbs 31:26   Have you ever had a case of “open mouth, insert foot” syndrome?  This happens to me on a sometimes daily basis.   This chapter really made me think about how and when I use my words.  God’s word gives us specific instruction on our speech, and none of it includes gossip, slander or [...]

“Strength and dignity are her clothing; she shall rejoice in time to come.” Proverbs 31:25   The happiness of this virtuous woman, strength and dignity are her clothing in which she wraps herself, enjoys herself, and appears to the world. It’s so great knowing that when we become saved by God’s grace, in Jesus’ blood, we are stripped away of the dirty, sinful clothing we wear and we are robed [...]

“She makes linen garments and sells them, and supplies sashes for the merchants” Proverbs 31:24 So after a day of thinking what am I going to write about on this chapter, what is God showing me, I have no type of “personal to professional” to share.  I came home thinking, “Well… maybe we can get a guest blogger to fill in this week while I figure this one out.”  Then [...]

“Her husband is known in the gated, when he sits among the elders of the land” Proverbs 31:23 “Generally, when a man climbs the ladder to success, his wife is holding the ladder!”  I think this might be my favorite line in the entire chapter.  I also favor the opening line, “Although our culture may not value it, one of the wife’s most important role is to support her husband.” [...]

“She makes herself coverings of tapestry; her clothing is silk and purple.” Proverbs 31:22 (KJV) ‘Tis my favorite season to “cozy up” my home.  The smell of pumpkin spice candles, bread baking in the oven, open windows with the brisk breeze blowing in, and then the two-year-old tornado comes running through leaving his disastrous path.  This leaves quite the eye sore in my “cozy” home.  I don’t make my own tapestries, but [...]

“She is not afraid of snow for her household, for all her household is clothed with scarlet.” Proverbs 31:21 Have you ever found yourself unprepared as something big happens?  Here recently, the east coast has dealt with some disasters.  Just a couple of weeks ago, we had an earthquake, which was quite unusual for us, and we have already had our first hurricane of the season with another shortly behind.  I was not directly [...]