Encouraging Moms Who Homeschool

  So, there’s this. A devotional created for - ahem - WORRY.  Anybody else a bit of a worrier? Anybody else feel like worry has been a staple in their life the last couple of years? Anybody…? The book “5-Minute Devotions for Worry” by Jenifer Metzger is an excellent resource for anyone dealing with worry.  The subtitle of the book is “Ease Doubt and Find Peace with Prayer”. And if you happen to know me in real life (or via social media, which is like knowing me in pseudo-real life) then you know I am a woman who prays. Not a woman who believes in prayer, which I most certainly am, but a woman who actually spends time in prayer. A lot of time. So, a devotional that offers peace in place of worry and has an emphasis on prayer? Sign me up! Right from the get-go, Jenifer’s honest introduction pulled me in. Like, I could actually FEEL what she was describing. And in all honesty, I think a whole lot of us need to do some “FEELING”. We’re sort of starting to transition out of what has become

  People. People matter so, so much to the Lord. And so, people really ought to matter to those of us who follow the Lord, who are disciples of Jesus. When you follow someone, then what matters to that someone should be what matters to you. Yesterday was National Rare Disease Day. And it just struck me that there are so many people all around the world dealing with health issues that are uncommon and, as such, probably go unnoticed, misunderstood, and perhaps they even feel a bit forgotten. Now I don't have what would be considered a rare disease, so I won't get all "overly fluffy"  and pretend that I know what it's like to live with a rare disease. (I have faced a rare combination of two different electrical problems with my heart which made treatment pretty much impossible, but I have always been able to find cardiologists and electrophysiologists who could provide me with some answers to my questions and at the very least explain the finer points of what it mea