Tag Archives: spiritual growth for single mothers

Woman in red listening to woman in black

Lean on Each Other in Troubled Times

Lean on Each Other in Troubled Times I was reading a Proverbs 31 devotional this morning and saw something that I had never really focused on before. We have committed to memory and frequently quote the scripture “I can do all this through him [Christ] who gives me strength.” (Philippians 4:13 NIV). It is certainly […]

Path quote and photo

Stay on the Path with THEE Light at the End

  Related post: Are You a Path Finder?

Alice with Mad Hatter

Are You Confused and Living in Wonderland?

Alice was confused. Are you? God is not the author of confusion, but of peace.- I Corinthians 14:33 KJV Graphic Layout by Laurie Harris, SMORE Board Member

Black woman contemplating

Can You “Let It Go?”

  Is the Grass Always Greener? I recently sat in on the last two sessions of a women’s Bible study which were focused on a book called “Let It Go” by Karen Ehman (http://www.karenehman.com/about-karen/). I haven’t read the book, but I hope to since what I heard from Karen’s video in those two study sessions […]

Lady looking out onto ocean

Discover Personal Strength in Solitude

Are you Lonely? Related posts: Lessons from Loneliness, Creativity in Solitude There is a difference between being alone and being lonely. Single mothers often experience acute loneliness. Lonely when they wake up in the morning. Lonely when they see other couples so happy together. Lonely when making decisions for the household. Lonely when climbing into […]

Do You Want Clarity? Surrender

Acceptance quote on photo of morning glory

Personal Growth Requires Acceptance

Sunrise with "Wishful" thinking quote by Frederick Buechner

Life Keeps Changing

7 rules of life printed on yellow and orange trimmed background

7 Rules of Life

Rules for Life You’ve probably heard these seven rules before. Last Sunday at the SMORE Sunday Support Group, Mary Simon shared them and we all shared our thoughts about each one. Tell us what you think. Which one speaks the most to you?

Tree with trunks growing down from branches

Joy of Roots

Family Tree From Meditations for Women Who Do Too Much by Anne Wilson Schaef Who would have thought to design a tree such that its limbs, when they become too heavy, send dow another trunk, so that a single tree repeating this process many times over can eventually cover an are the six of an entire block? […]