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When I first started being a full-time homemaker, it became a snare to me.  I was very hard on myself and put alot of expectations on myself that were not from God.  My husband would get up early in the morning and go to work and I always felt like I couldn't sleep late.  Not that I got up with him but I remember feeling guilty if I slept past like 9:00am.  Honestly, I felt guilty doing alot of things.  Things that if I could of done freely, I would probably be a lot further then I am now in my writing and other giftings that God has given me.  I spent 2 days a week at home cleaning.  The other 3 days, I struggled.  When I would go to the bookstore to read, I felt guilty.  I would think "Is it fair that I get to relax at the bookstore while my husband out working to provide for us?".  Sometimes I would want to go to the Amish market and eat breakfast.  They had a restaurant in the Amish market with great breakfast.  I would think "Is it fair that I should spend mo

I am bursting with stuff to share, but really haven't known if it's the time to share it.  Or even if this is the platform.  There have been some foundational lessons that God has been teaching me.  Gosh, I haven't blogged so long.  I don't know where to start.  I long to connect with my readers on  a more personal level.  I don't know how many of you are married.  But statistically marriages will go through a crisis about every 10 years.  It could be health, financial, loss of a loved one, parenting issues, etc.  My husband and I went through our first crisis last year, and guess what?  Last year was our 10th year of marriage.  Ours was financial.  Honestly, it went on for about 2 years but reached the worst of it last year.  We were in danger of losing our home.  The only reason we are in our home today is because God used our family and our church to help us.  But it was rough for awhile and it truly tested our marriage.  We had the worst arguments of our mar

You can't make money when you think you "need" money.  You can't create out of desperation.  You have to have a mindset where you know "God" provides for your every need.  Oddly enough, God doesn't want you to pursue business because you "need" money, but rather because it's where He is leading you.  When you are in a desperate place, financially, the worst thing you can do is to turn to business "first", you have to turn to God first.  He will take care of the money. Let me tell you why God doesn't want you to create anything out of desperation: 1.  It impairs your judgement. 2.  You rush through your learning process.  You go from being excited about learning something to being in a rush to produce something. 3. You are looking to something other than God to be your source. 4.  Desperation impedes the creative process This can actually apply to any area of life, whether it's parenting, business, marriage, homem