Moms have influence over their sons. How we choose to wield this influence is powerful. Just this week I read in 2 Chronicles 22:2-3 about a king in Judah by the name of Ahaziah. “Ahaziah was twenty-two years old when he became king … he too walked in the ways of the house of Ahab, for his mother encouraged him …
Finding Contentment in the Full and the Empty
My house is usually full of people during the holidays, which is amazingly beautiful and messy all wrapped up together. Laughter and tears, cooking and baking, extras squeezed around the table, stacks of dishes, loads of laundry and late-night talks. Then all too soon, everyone leaves and I’m teary-eyed and cranky. (The crankiness doesn’t last more than a day or …