Category: Appearances
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Can A Stay at Home Mom Have a Say in the Budget?
A clear call from the Lord to leave corporate America to be at home with my girls left me feeling unsure about how to engage in our family’s budget. Would I completely lose all financial freedom now that I didn’t have income-producing work? What if I wanted to purchase new clothes, items for the house,…
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How to Slow Down Your Soul When Your Week is Non-Stop
One unexpected “benefit” of the global pandemic became undeniable: life slowed down. Cleared calendars led to family dinners around the table, tackling that home improvement project, rest, and relaxation without the FOMO (fear of missing out). While I readily acknowledge working from home, homeschooling, and a health crisis provided unique challenges and stresses, many still…
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Words of Wisdom for the Future Generation of Women
I have three young daughters. A family outing isn’t complete without hearing comments like, “You’ve got your hands full,” or “Whew, Dad, those teenage years are going to be tough,” or my personal favorite, “What pretty little girls; they’re going to be heartbreakers, for sure.” Molding today’s young girls into tomorrow’s mature women is significantly…
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How God Comforts Us
Hey Friends! If you are joining me today from Proverbs 31 Encouragement for Today Devotions, welcome. I am truly humbled you are joining me in this space, and pray you are encouraged and blessed by today’s devotion! Looking for the FREE resources that go along with today’s devotion, How God Comfort Us? Click below! I…
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Choosing Grace in Everything
This devotion originally appeared on Proverbs 31 Encouragement for Today. Crash! My stomach lurched as I sprinted into the bedroom where my 14-month-old daughter greeted me with a toothy grin. There on the littered floor, she played among a fallen lamp with a couple of scattered, small picture frames — and all the contents from…
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Does God Really Know What’s Best for Us?
Have you ever wondered if God’s ways are really better than our ways? Adam and Eve wonder that too. They thought God was holding something back from them, and we often believe this same lie today. New Blog post, click below!
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Silencing Your Inner Critic
Despite the praise my parents poured into me, I never felt assured. Outwardly I appeared confident, but inwardly I was a complete mess. After years of telling myself I wasn’t good enough, smart enough, skinny enough or “fill-in-the-blank” enough, I began believing I’d never be enough for myself or anyone else. Our key verse, Isaiah…
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Your Turn: What is it that YOU do?
“Now, what do you do, Laura?” A simple but loaded question, at least for me. Over the past two years, I’ve narrated a response to this in my head countless times. So why could I not get the words out, “I am a stay-at-home Mom.” Is your identity found in the title after your signature…
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You can Run, but You can’t Hide
Where is he? I thought his plane landed thirty minutes ago. Why is he not at the arrival gate? I frantically paced in front of the ARRIVALS sign.Finally, I caught a wave of copper hair and my brother’s wide, dimpled smile. “Hey, Sis, have you been waiting long?” LOADED QUESTION. Read More on the Blog….
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Where is my Happily Ever After? Marriage Series Part 3
It goes without saying — marriage is tough! Strong marriages are not built overnight; they take time and commitment so before you continue reading anything below, commit to deepening your relationship with your Heavenly Father first. Then ask the Lord to help you view others, specifically your husband, through God’s eyes. Refocusing on relationships through…
Laura R Bailey 