Last Updated on February 28, 2023 by Stacy Averette Parenting is hard work. It takes every ounce of physical and emotional energy I can muster and most days I come up short. I’m twenty-one years into this bittersweet parenting journey and once again I’m reminded that coming up short is the very place where His…
Marriage Monday ~ Where We Talk About Our Sin
Last Updated on October 21, 2020 by Stacy Averette Husbands and wives, responding to sin with sin is toxic to your marriage. Tweet this The reason that marriage is so painful and yet wonderful is because it is a reflection of the gospel, which is painful and wonderful at once. The gospel is…
Hearing God When Life Is Noisy
Last Updated on October 21, 2020 by Stacy Averette Any man who by repentance and a sincere return to God will break himself out of the mold in which he has been held, and will go to the Bible itself for his spiritual standards, will be delighted with what he finds there. –Tozer Hearing God…
Thoughts on Self-Promotion and the Gospel
Last Updated on September 27, 2018 by Stacy Averette I’ve been reading “The Pursuit of God” by A.W. Tozer. He wrote it in 1948. On page 40 I run head-on into this: It is woven of the fine threads of the self-life, the hyphenated sins of the human spirit. They are not something we do,…
For When You Want Her To Fly
Last Updated on May 20, 2016 by Stacy Averette “I’ll make her fly,” I said. “I was made for this.” Then I thought, “I’ll teach her to fly.” “Five easy steps and she’ll be on her way.” Finally, I decided, “I’ll show her how to fly.” “Just watch me and you’ll know the way.” But…