Hello friends. It’s good to show up to write again. I’ve taken a 3-month leave of absence to welcome to our new little man, Eddie Jack, last November, into our family. I’ve been wondering when and what and how I would start writing again…but today I read this quote:

“You can push fear away and assert your way toward courage by just showing up and giving your all.” Crystal Paine, Money Saving Mom

I didn’t realize I was afraid until I unpacked that quote and realized that, yes, fear has kept me from showing up and writing. Fear of not getting enough rest, or of not being consistent in my blogging, or of producing less than excellent work. But I can’t let those fears conquer me. No. I’m showing up here, today, to write because it’s my calling. I’m called to be a mom and mother with all my might in this season but I’m also called to write and I can find ways to carry out that mission as well.

In the past three months I’ve truly been living out the title of my blog – God’s Word in everyday life. I’ve realized more than ever as a mom that I desperately need God’s truth guiding every moment of my day. His wisdom, his promises, his assurances of love – I can’t make it through this journey without him speaking into my heart. I’d like to share some of the truths I’ve been learning to live.

Also, I’ve begun a study on Psalms with a friend and as we work through it I’m planning to dig back and sort through what we know to be true of God and write it out. This will be posts I’m calling The Old Testament in a Nutshell. It can be easy to shy away from the Old Testament because there’s a lot we don’t understand unless we study it comprehensively. Doing that was one of my favorite parts of Bible college – getting a grasp of the overview of God’s word and how it fits together. So little by little we are tackling it and I plan to share that information here, too.

It doesn’t feel like much but even the pyramids were built one brick at a time, right? Together let’s make the decision to show up and do the one thing we need to do today to move forward.