How To Read More Books Yearly When You Are A Busy Mom

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I love reading. I wish I could say I had always loved it, but it wasn’t until I was 18 the I discovered the power of books! Sometimes I think back to my single days back before the husband and kids on how much I used to be able to read in a year.

Long gone are the days of staying up all night to finish books. Since my son was born, finding the time to read has been quite a challenge. Nevertheless, I have discovered some great ways to make sure that I am still taking the time to escape into great books.

In fact, I managed to read 30+ books in my first year of motherhood. Which was such a blessing as it helped me to endure the challenges that come along with caring for my first newborn.

So here are the things that made all the difference for this busy mom!

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What Does The Bible Says About Your Suffering? - 12 Encouraging Bible Verses About Suffering

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When we are in the midst of challenging circumstances, it is essential to know where to turn. If you find yourself asking what the Bible has to say about your suffering, you are not alone in that curiosity. God has tons to say to us when we are suffering and struggling with life more challenging seasons.

As someone well acquainted with suffering myself, these are my tried and true verses that I turn to when I am feeling in over my head or bodged down with heavy emotions. It is my prayer that you will find a handful of verses to add to your own arsenal for when life gets hard.

So let’s jump in and answer the question - What does the Bible say about my suffering?

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Christmas Worship Music Playlist + Our Favorite Christmas Bible Verses

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I love Christmas. I love the Advent season, and it’s sweet reminders that we have a Savior who chose to come down from His throne to be born as a vulnerable baby so that He could eventually pay a price that was too high for us to pay on our own. I love a season dedicated to remembering that Jesus came to make way for us to be adopted and set free from all that would bing us.

I love Christmas. Christmas music is another story. I can be a bit of a scrooge when it comes to Christmas music, especially the classics. They make me sad. I think it is because we lost a beloved grandparent right before Christmas one year growing up, and maybe that just taught my child brain to be melancholy when the classics come on.

I may not be a fan of most classics, but I love worship music. So I combined a list of mostly nontraditional and more modern Christmas worship songs for anyone else who is not as into those old school songs. Even if you love the classics, this might be a nice change to your Christmas music rotation.

(My list does include two classics, but they are beautiful and do not induce feelings of despair.)

I also added some verses that came to mind as I listened to each song.

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Does God Give Us More Than We Can Handle? - What To Do When It All Feels Like To Much

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All my young adult life, I have heard well-meaning people say things like:  “God won’t give you more than you can handle.” I was always baffled when circumstances came that were way more than I was capable of handling on my own.

When life becomes too much, how do we reconcile that with that familiar phrase?

God won’t give us more than we can handle…right?

Wrong.  

There is no verse in Scripture, at least none that I have found, that backs up this common claim.

I am not sure about whether or not God gives you more than you can handle, but I am confident that life indeed hands out more we can deal with in our strength. 

So what do we do when life hands us more than we can handle? What do we do when the circumstances are overwhelming us, and we feel like we are drowning in the chaos of our current realities?

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Creating A Daily Worship Time - July Worship Playlist & Prayer Guide

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I LOVE praise and worship. I am a big believer that your experience with it corporately at church on Sundays is a reflection of your private praise and worship time. 

I pick 4 to 5 songs that feel relevant to my current circumstances and create a playlist that I listen to for a few weeks. I love picking songs with truths I struggle to believe or wrap my head around and playing them until I feel like my soul believes the words I am declaring through them. 

 These playlists are a ongoing series here at A Love Worth Living For.

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How To Create A Daily Worship and Prayer Time - June Worship Playlist & Prayer Guide

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I LOVE praise and worship. I am a big believer that your experience with it corporately at church on Sundays is a reflection of your private praise and worship time. 

Lately, I have been trying to focus on better hosting the presence of God in my home. It is important to me that Judah grow up experiencing the Father through the day to day details and actions of his father and me. 

So we have been spending the first hour or so of the morning together listening to worship music and saying a little prayer together. I pray, and he contributes a few “da da da's” and “buhbye’s.” 

I pick 4 to 5 songs that feel relevant to my current circumstances and create a playlist that we listen to for a few weeks. I love picking songs with truths I struggle to believe or wrap my head around and playing them until I feel like my soul believes the words I am declaring through them. 

 These playlists will be a new ongoing series. Members of our community get pdf guides to accompany the playlist. If that interests you then know you are of course invited to join our community of thousands of praying women below! 

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30 Life-Giving Bible Verses About Struggle

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Jesus told us in this life we would have trouble. (John 16:33) These Bible verses about struggle are the perfect place to turn when you find yourself surrounded by challenged, adversity and hardships.

Regardless of the circumstances causing your struggle there is hope in the midst of trials. As the saying goes “life is tough but so are you.” With the help of the Father you are stronger than the struggle. 

Our prayer is that among these verses about struggling you will find some a few that help you keep your eyes and focus on Jesus so that you can rise about the waves. You were created to thrive even in life’s stormy seasons. 

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