This weekend was not the best one. I spent an uncomfortable amount of it sick, while Evan took care of me. I hope he gets special recognition in heaven for loving me so well; the past two years, he’s spent some serious time nursing me back to health through three pregnancies. My jaw drops in my mind when I think about three pregnancies in two years (one ectopic, one birth in 2013, and one birth to come this year). Praising the Lord today for the great man I married.Continue reading “Pregnancy Update: Servanthood”
The Greatest Adventure: Our Life
Seven months ago when my husband lost his job, he jumped feet first into his own graphic design business. It’s the scariest/best thing we’ve ever done. The client base, however, wasn’t quite there and the knowledge about small business anything wasn’t there either. We walked blind, open arms, trusting the One who called us.Continue reading “The Greatest Adventure: Our Life”
2015: Being Fearless in My Terror
A couple of weeks ago, I told a friend that I don’t normally make goals, mostly because I’m afraid of not achieving them. And I have a tendency to lose sight of the goal itself, becoming far too intertwined with the circumstances of life. But this year I’ve changed that, hoping that I can maintain focus. It may be the extreme nesting instinct brought on by pregnancy, but I’m feeling super motivated, so I’m rolling with it! (Because I probably won’t feel quite as motivated come April.)Continue reading “2015: Being Fearless in My Terror”
Joy Complete
We proclaim to you what we have seen and heard, so that you also may have fellowship with us. And our fellowship is with the Father and with his Son, Jesus Christ. We write this to make our joy complete.
1 John 1:3-4
I write often about being a mom, small business-ing, being married. I write about things that are consistently in my face and demand my attention. Bringing others (outside of the people in my home) into the fellowship of Jesus Christ? That’s not my main goal every day. And I wish it was.Continue reading “Joy Complete”
2015: Being Fearless
Pray also for me, that whenever I open my mouth, words may be given me so that I will fearlessly make known the mystery of the gospel, for which I am an ambassador in chains. Pray that I may declare it fearlessly, as I should.
Ephesians 6:19-20
I’m not ashamed to admit that yesterday I googled the phrase “organization for the wife of a small business owner”. I considered typing in “organization for the wife of a small business owner who is also the stay-at-home-mom of three boys under the age of three and how to maintain motivation and sanity”, but I figured my results would be few and far in-between. In any case, I found close to nothing as far as advice.Continue reading “2015: Being Fearless”
Bought
I came across a photo on Instagram with the caption, “The delay does not mean that He will not make mountains move.”
I wouldn’t consider this moment in time as a delay. It feels more like an inconvenient time wrapped up in a trying of patience. It feels like waiting is a tortuous game, patience is a taunt.
But the delay does not mean that he will not make mountains move. Do you believe that?
Do you know who bought you? And do you know at what cost?Continue reading “Bought”
Diary of a Wife
This photo is of Evan & I, almost four years ago, on our wedding day. 20-year-old babies.
Marriage is a great and glorious mystery. It’s one of those “feel it in your bones” kind of things; a happening in life that changes every course forever, that alters our behavior, and can bring us into an even holier place with Christ. It’s not the thing in life. People don’t marry, and they still have that holier than holy place with Christ. It’s not an end-all. But for me, in this life, it has changed everything.
JANELLE DELAGRANGE 