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My first workshop was called Measuring Up As a Mom. We all do it. Peer pressure doesn't end in high school. We compare ourselves to our friends, to other moms, to women at church, to actresses and even to tv moms, and we even compare our husbands with other husbands. It is a vicious cycle. The first measurement mentioned was Counterfeit Measurement- which would be when we listen to the media, or when we compare ourselves to tv moms/wives. We forget those are fake, pretend roles- made to look like a nice picture. At the left I have a picture of a "perfect mom". I don't know about you, but I do not clean house, and care for my children in heels. LOL!! It is not real life. In Deuteronomy it says, "You must have accurate and honest weights and measurements so that you may live long in the land the Lord your God is giving you." The land God is giving us is MOTHERHOOD. But, we have to remember that just as God gave some people certain talents, and others,...

I have 42 pages of notes from my weekend at the Hearts At Home conference. My mind is whirling with all of the wonderful words spoken this weekend. I have decided to go back over my notes, one workshop at a time, and as I do, I will write in my blog about what I learned. So, my friends and I got to the conference first thing Friday morning. I did not know what to expect. We walked into the huge auditorium, and it was already almost full. There were 4,667 women there this weekend. From those women, 11,500 children would be affected by positive changes in their mom. WOW!!! The first topic I am going to tell you about, wasn't a workshop, per say , it was from the 1st main morning session. It was called, The Power of Words- by Jill Savage/Nicole Johnson One of the passages of scripture that was shared was Proverbs 12:18- Reckless words pierce like a sword, but the tongue of the wise brings healing. Positive words bring life, and the opposite of that, is negative words bring dea...

Well, Later this afternoon, I will be heading to Illinois with 2 of my friends, for a conference. We are attending a Hearts At Home conference. It should be a lot of fun!!!! I am super excited!! However, I deal with lots of anxiety over safety on the way there and home, and I won't see Bill again until Saturday evening when I return. I will miss my boys (all 4 of them) horribly!! Please pray for travel safety and our safe return! Alsop pray that God will teach me lots of things through the workshops, and show me areas of my life I need to change or improve. :) Can't wait to get back and blog about all I learned!!! :)

I have decided to start a blog, to put my journey in words. I have been learning so much, about how God wants me to be a wife to my husband, and a mother to my boys. I love to share what I have learned, and so I thought this would be a great place to do just that. I also want to be real here in this blog. So many people put on a smile, and and as if their life is perfect, which we know no one has a perfect life. How can a person help others, as mothers, wives, or Christians, if we don't admit our failures, and how we learned or are learning from them. We will not "arrive" to where we should be. We will be learning, and will continue to be sanctified until the return of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ (Or until our life on this earth has come to an end). My name is Amanda, and I have been married to my husband, Bill for 11.5 years. We have 3 boys together, Christopher is 10, Spencer is 7 , and Ethan is 5. So, onto what I learned in my devotions today. I already sha...