by Lisa-Jo | Aug 18, 2014 | Cheering for you, Faith, Just plain hard
Our Father, who art in heaven, Who sees the world from the perspective of His own divine eternity – the now and the tomorrow lens of Divine Love that always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres – with eternal eyes and Kingdom mind and...
by Lisa-Jo | Apr 28, 2014 | Faith, Just plain hard
On the days when my gaze strays like some lusty peeping Tom into the windows of what she’s doing, teaching, speaking, attending, making, baking, loving, learning, writing, creating. When I start to compare her blog or platform or waistband or well-behaved kids...
by Lisa-Jo | Apr 20, 2014 | Faith, Family, Sunday
Some days when I see ugly in the world I want to counter it with beauty. I want to bury my head in piles of spring cherry blossoms and just bathe in the brand new sunshine. I want to curl up in our king size bed between two softly snoring boys and let their peace wash...
by Lisa-Jo | Feb 24, 2014 | Cheering for you, Faith, Just plain hard, surprised by motherhood
“You’re just no good at that.” There’s a voice that tells me this often. It’s funny how it doesn’t matter what I’m doing. I can be cooking or organizing the pantry or picking out new curtains or working on a piece of writing or figuring out how to fund a kitchen for a...
by Lisa-Jo | Feb 13, 2014 | Faith, Five Minute Friday, South Africa, surprised by motherhood, Take Action
Spoiler alert: You can read this whole post or you can just click here and take the short cut to passionately falling in love with 250 kids who would tell you that there is nothing ordinary about being a mom. Especially when you don’t have one. Here’s the...