
We’ve all been there. Approaching Thanksgiving Day with a list of complaints piling up in our hearts, clouding our vision from what truly matters. I’ve walked through a lot of Thanksgivings struggling to be truly grateful, with my eyes set on the temporary and not the eternal. If you’re in the same boat, struggling to […]



<img src=”https://wellwateredwomen.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/Well-Watered-Women-Blog-Fear-Pressure.jpg” alt=”Sometimes pressure comes from outside factors, but often it comes from the fear in our hearts we don’t know how to handle.” itemprop=”image” title=”Well-Watered Women Blog-Fear Pressure” /> <h1>From Peer to Fear</h1> I remember sitting in my ninth grade Sunday school class hearing about peer pressure. The example was someone standing on a […]

There’s a story of a traveling pastor who came to town and taught at a church about what it meant to follow Jesus. At the end of the night, a man approached the pastor with a concerned look on his face and asked earnestly, “If I follow Jesus, does that mean I have to give […]

This post was written by Becca Lafferty, a high school English teacher in Singapore. You can read more from Becca on her blog. I have struggled with diagnosed major depressive disorder (MDD) since my sophomore year of college, but I know that I began wrestling with seasons of depressions starting during my adolescent years. However, […]

Four years ago I sat down with a pen and my journal and wrote out a list of big dreams I believed the Lord had placed in my heart. I remember writing them down feeling the weight of their impossibilities on my shoulders. Even with these impossibilities running through my head, I wrote with passion […]

There is a mother, bent and gray, her children grown and living.
They shower her with words of praise, for all her love and giving.
Another mother down the street is nursing her grown daughter
Whose body’s wracked by this disease; her life is stolen from her.
And on this day a mother cries as newborn life spills forth;
Her precious son blinks in the light and cries for mother’s warmth…

It is no surprise that post birth our bodies change drastically. Along with that physical change comes an added spiritual change. Raising children is no small task. It has been argued that motherhood is by far one of the most important tasks on earth, because we as mothers are shaping the future leaders of the next generation! In my own heart I carry a deep conviction that these days with my little boy are meant for greater purposes— for kingdom purposes. But in order to truly grasp that and live it out, I have to put my “mom pants” on. Let me explain.

I am currently working on our fall Bible study, Redefined, a study on our true identity in Christ. As I was writing the other day, these words flowed from my pen. This is the basis for the next study, and exactly what I would tell you if I could sit with you in person and have coffee. If I could tell you just one thing, I’d tell you…
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