There are many negative statistics to indicate that the single parent household is the reason for the despair of children today. Poverty and lack, poor educational attainment, crime, and a cycle of aimlessness are often attributed to growing up in a single parent household. While this may be overwhelmingly true, I say to you that . . . → Read More: Not a Statistic
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What will they remember about you when you’re gone? Stop and think about your legacy. It’s not only about making a living for today, but it’s also about keeping the faith, and sharing it with your children. It’s about having a mission and a vision for life that is greater than you …something that your . . . → Read More: Leaving a Legacy Raising kids is challenging. I know husbands and wives together, that experience difficulty in raising their children, so certainly a single mother will encounter the same. Maybe you’ve cried and prayed with concerns for your children. Be encouraged, knowing that if you’re putting the right things in them, you can expect the right things to . . . → Read More: An Expected End I’m seeking entries of letters from children of single mothers to their moms. Letters will be published on my site, readers will be able to comment and vote. A gift will be provided to the mom whose child writes the winning letter. Entries can be sent to daphne@visioninspiredliving.com. Must contain the name and contact information . . . → Read More: Contest announcement Through it all, don’t forget to tell the Lord thank you. Thank you should be offered in good times as well as in bad, when there’s sunshine and when there’s rain in our lives. In everything give thanks. Thank you should be offered to God for His goodness, for His grace and mercy, for extending . . . → Read More: Did You Say Thank You? Esther’s background and upbringing certainly made her an “unlikely” candidate for God to use for His purpose. Perhaps you’re shrinking from your purpose because you feel that God can use you. God can take any circumstance and cause it to work out for His glory and for our good. Take a moment to think about . . . → Read More: For Such a Time As This It’s been said that trials come to make you strong. Someway, somehow, God uses the rough seasons in life to produce something great in His children. After all of the disappointments, difficulties, and maybe even drama…something beautiful remains. Remember that a brilliant diamond started off as a chunk of coal. Diamonds are made under conditions . . . → Read More: Better Not Bitter How quickly they grow! How quickly they outgrow the new clothing and shoes you just bought! It was only yesterday, it seems, that they were coming home from the hospital. Crawling quickly turns to driving a car. A walk across the street quickly becomes a walk across the graduation stage. In the same way we . . . → Read More: Time To Grow So often we hear reference to single mothers playing the role of father in addition to being mother. While that phrase may be intended to shed light on the increased responsibility, it is erroneous to think that you can be both. You’re setting yourself up for burnout if you’re trying to be mother and father. . . . → Read More: You’re Not Mama and Daddy! When children are young, we teach them the foundational things to help them function as they grow up. We help them to understand things such as obedience, sharing, caring for others, and introduce them to God and to faith. As they grow, it’s important to show them what they’re capable of becoming. We help them . . . → Read More: Roots and Wings |
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