“One of the predominant theories of child development stems from this concept that children are social learners, they learn a lot from interacting with their environment and by imitating their parents’ example. That’s why so often when kids are playing ‘make believe’ they will imitate real life basic scenarios they have encountered as they try and understand…
Author: Lauren Macdonald
We've all had times when we cry out, "God help me I..."
It might be big things it might just be that you can't find your car keys. God is so good he cares about all of it. We have a God who says "Cast your cares on me because I care about you!" and he also says "draw near to me and I will draw near to you". This blog is a place of drawing near to God and casting our cares on him. I want to encourage people (including myself) to look to God's word for real answers and real ways to live simpler lives.
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Gratitude even when you are covered in baby vomit? Yes you can – here’s how.
I’ve been reading about the Israelites this week in my quiet times. It wasn’t easy for the Israelites to take the promised land. It was battle after battle after battle. I’ve found, like the Israelites, it is our our reliance on God, that will win or lose our battles. Do we stand still and let…
14 reasons why Proverbs 18 can help build “Super” families.
Proverbs 18 – What an amazing scripture to help us with family life. Reading Proverbs 18 today has given me encouragement to persevere with training my children and being a better mum and wife. It’s a huge encouragement for families, especially if like us you are currently in lock-down due to COVID-19. Here’s 14 reasons…
My kids are too SLOW!! – 5 surprising biblical Steps to stop parent frustration.
It can be a shock how slow life becomes once you’ve had a baby. Especially if you have been highly productive in your “past life”. For many of us it is tempting to become impatient and we can find ourselves becoming angry or frustrated before we even understand why. As a mother of 5 kids…
Abraham and Sarah’s Faithful Sex Life (Part 4)
In this final post of the series I want to look at Sarah and Abraham to talk about identity. People go on and on about sexual identity, about career identity, about family identity, about cultural identity. Over the years Sarah and Abraham had the opportunity to identify themselves as so many things. Between the two…
Abraham and Sarah’s Faithful Sex Life (Part 3)
We left Abraham in a pretty vulnerable situation on Tuesday (See This Post). Things were a bit sensitive. Abraham had submitted to God’s promise of a Son with a very personal act of dedication! He had declared that he (and all his household) would be circumcised! (Genesis 17:23) Not sure the staff would have been…
Abraham and Sarah’s Faithful Sex Life (Part 2)
I can’t imagine how it would have played on Abraham’s mind, imagining his beautiful wife with the Pharaoh even though now she was back with him. That kind of sexual problem takes a lot of healing. Against her will, Sarah had very possibly committed adultery and begun a new life, never knowing if she would…
Abraham and Sarah’s Faithful Sex Life (Part 1)
This week I forgot to babysit for a friend. I also forgot to go to my women’s Connect group. Totally forgot both. Not even a partial thought about it until it was too late. My Connect group didn’t mind but my friend was upset. If you’re desperate enough to ask someone with 5 kids of…
Tell the Israelites to Move Forward
Dear Friends, It has been a while. In the middle there, I guess, we could say a lot has happened. I can only imagine what’s gone on in your world. To me it’s felt like being on both pause and fast forward at the same time, running in a dream. What about you? I have…
God’s Treasured Girls.
This is a poem I wrote to encourage the young girls in my life! I hope it blesses you too. It was raining but there was a girl on the beach. She was drenched and shivering, far out of reach. Was she digging for something? Grace watched through a window, questions in her mind, Wondering…
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