Junk Food is for Junkies!

dear daughters,

While you’re walking the halls of your schools, do you realize you’re not just walking as a student, a friend, a daughter, or even a text-message-queen? You’re also walking as God’s unique creation, designed for a special life story. God wants you to live your story well, so that through you, He can tell His story of love for the world!

Daddy Jeff wanted our Bible study class to learn Joshua 1:8. It’s a long and wordy Bible verse, so here’s a momma b version for you:

Keep eating the Word of God! Make the Bible your soul food night and day! It’ll feed your mind and heart so that you’ll want to do your best to live like it says to live. And then, you’ll take steps in a positive direction and have real success!

I couldn’t have said it better myself! (Ha!) Like all Bible verses, this passage is full of TRUTH! I know. I’ve done it both ways, eating God’s Word and walking God’s way, and eating junk food and walking my own way. I promise you, God’s way is ALWAYS best. And that’s coming from someone who learned it the hard way!

living to love, loving to live,
momma b

Love So Deep

dear daughters,

Love is in the air! Everywhere you look there’s red and pink, cupids and hearts. It’s that time of the year!

Did you know that it’s that time of the year all year long with God? He is always in love with you. He doesn’t wait until a certain month or day to show it. He doesn’t need a reminder. His Valentine message is just waiting for you to read it every day. It’s in His book, the Bible. Love is written all across the pages of His Word. It’s His love letter to you!

But God goes beyond writing His love down. He loves you so much that He puts His love right in your heart when you ask Jesus to be your Lord. There is no other love that is like God’s love. No parent’s love. No man’s love. Only God’s love fills your heart to overflowing. All other kinds of love come up short.

Valentine’s Day is every day when your greatest love is in Jesus. I pray your love for Him grows deeper each day. His love for you is so deep it cannot even be measured! Now that’s what I call love!

living to love, loving to live,
momma b

Beautiful Promises, Brighter Tomorrows

dear daughters,

Do you ever feel like giving up? Like nothing you do is ever going to be good enough or amount to anything? Have you ever been in a tough situation you think you can’t survive? I sure have. But God has taught me this is no way to think! He wants us to think good thoughts, hopeful thoughts, trusting thoughts. He wants us to believe Him and what He has promised.

Trusting God during hard times is difficult. But the Bible teaches that God has everything under control. I believe He knows what choices you will make, both the good and the bad, and already has a plan to work out those choices for good. He knows that sometimes your choices lead to disappointments and even pain. And He knows that sometimes other people’s choices lead to your disappointment and pain, too. But God will use it all to help you grow and mature.

If you look at anything in nature you can see that nothing grows and becomes beautiful without some kind of struggle. And a lot of time the effort is pretty impressive. I've heard some of the most beautiful flowers live on tops of mountains amidst rocky cliffs, and they have to push through the rocks to bloom.

Now I’m not saying I’m beautiful, but I have pushed through a lot of rocks. Sometimes I wanted to give up and just survive life instead of thrive in it. I didn't think I'd amount to much or that my life would ever be enjoyable. Little did I know what God had planned for me, and how He'd turn my hard times into good.

So, hang in there. Perseverance produces beautiful character! Keep trusting God and believing His Word. Rejoice in His beautiful promises for a brighter tomorrow!

living to love, loving to live,
momma b