God Help Me I’m Having Kids

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…

Proverbs 10 Min. Challenge (Proverbs 17)

Spring has arrived in Australia! The Autumn (Fall, although not much falls in Sydney) and Winter were long seasons for us. Somehow it seems fitting to return anew to the blog, to refresh my work, at the beginning of a new season. It was completely unplanned, until 10 minutes ago. I didn’t imagine I would,…

“Come down,” said Jesus.

I was reading a children’s bible with my son earlier this week, and one simple paragraph spoke to me. ‘Come down, Zacchaeus!’ said Jesus. ‘Let me come to your house today!’ Zacchaeus was a short guy in a tree, but he was also someone who had spent his life oppressing others. “Come down!” said Jesus….

The Stronghold God builds in his Children

The stronghold in us. You know I have 5 kids, and one of my prayers goes like this, “Thank you God for giving my kids such faithful, friendly, fun and fantastic pastors to lead them. I love you, thank you.” I tell my kids, “You know you can pray like that too and your prayers…

How I Write a Kids’ Bible Talk

So, like I said yesterday, there is a children’s talk to be written, and soon. (Help!) I have been writing kids bible talks for about 15 years now. I was so privileged in my 5th year of knowing Christ, to get a job in a Christian Community school. One of my roles as a classroom…

Abiding in Jesus

We are officially returned from holidays, after the most beautiful time. Thank you everyone for your well wishes and prayers, they were answered abundantly. My husband commented while we were away that he loves camping because, “It grounds you again.” We have been earthed. Did you know that ‘they’ say we should spend time everyday…

Proverbs 10min. Challenge (Proverbs 6)

Last week was hard, for a number of reasons. The biggest one being sheer exhaustion. There are days I long for a holiday from my life. For me it’s uninterrupted sleep, uninterrupted conversation, and uninterrupted thoughts that I desire. Guilt free down time would be nice. A day with no fighting, no questions that only…

Sorry But Not Ashamed.

If you were one of the poor people at ALDI, Mona Vale, who had to suffer through 15+ minutes of solid screaming (the blood curdling, very upsetting kind) from my three year old son on Saturday, I’m sorry. I’m sorry for you. I know how you felt. Helpless, edgy, angry, frustrated, annoyed, frightened for the…