Mississippi Mom Blog

January 9, 2019

How to Handle Unexpected Changes in Your Life

I'm a dreamer, a maker of plans. I like to get a vision and go with it. Actually, I'm more of a "let me give you a vision then you go with it" kind of girl. Because I don't like to get bogged down in details. But I do love to see a plan fulfilled. My heart is full of joy when something that was only living in my head and heart is real and tangible and actually working. Of course, things don't always work out that way. Sometimes, things just don't go the way we plan, do they? When Things Don't Go As Planned I had planned to go to Kenya at the end of this month, but the friend I was traveling with had an accident that left ...

December 12, 2018

Why Should We Pray? How to Develop a Life of Prayer

Why Should We Pray? How can we develop of life of prayer? What does the Bible say about prayer?

Prayer is powerful so what keeps us from praying? How can we develop lives of prayer? One of my kids is always "hungry." So much so that it's a running joke between me and one of my best mom friends. If she sees me talking to that particular child, she walks up to me and says, "But, Mom, I'm hungry." Because she knows, as well as I do, that if this kid is making requests, "hunger" is at the heart of them. Of course, we also know that said child is seldom every truly "hungry." At times when true hunger is the issue and meltdowns threaten, I look at my child and ask, "Have Daddy or I ever let you ...

December 5, 2018

3 FREE Christmas Printables for You!

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Take time to prepare your heart and your home for Christmas with these 3 FREE Christmas Printables! I hope this Wednesday finds you well. It finds me busy. Very busy. That's why this post won't have many words, but I hope the few you'll find will encourage you today. It is Encouraging Word Wednesday, after all. As I sit here trying to get everything done today, overwhelmed by the amount of design work that's piled up in my inbox in the last two days, I want to encourage you to do something that I need to do. Stop. Take a moment and remember why this season is special in the first place. It's not the presents ...

November 28, 2018

4 Ways to Keep Christmas Focused on Christ

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas, and we're all busy to prove it! How can we keep Christmas focused on Christ this year? Over the past few weeks, there has been a recurring thought in my mind; a couple of words keep being whispered in my heart and head. "Make room." The gentle nudge to clear out the old to make room for the new is becoming part of almost every day, opening my eyes to places that need space and people who might need to fill it. My calendar, filled with practices and parties and places to go, is like a neon sign blinking bright the message to make room. Our cluttered ...

November 14, 2018

Why is Thanksgiving So Important?

It's the week before Thanksgiving, and I'm busy getting ready for the kids' school luncheon, planning what I'll bake and looking for Egg Bowl tickets because that's all my teenager wanted to do for her birthday. I now have a teenager. Did I mention that? Time flies when you're having fun. Or having babies. Or both, I guess. Anyway, as I look toward the day we here in the U.S. set aside for giving thanks, I'm struck by how easy it is to get so wrapped up in the holiday that we sometimes forget the reason for it. I mean, surely I'm not the only one who has spent too much time on Thanksgiving morning planning my Black Friday ...