Sue Birdseye
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Handling Christmas After Divorce
It’s been five years, and still I struggle with transitions. I would have thought by now there’d be no problem whatsoever when my ex-husband picked up our children. And yet there is. There is no conflict between him and me, no issues of arguing or glaring or anything. It’s just the transition. …
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Brokenness: The First Step Toward God’s Healing Power
Broken. One of those words that doesn’t bring a lot of joy. Who wants to be broken? Broken things. Broken bones. Broken relationships. Broken vows. Broken homes. Broken hearts. I assume we are all on the same page and don’t want that word to describe much, if anything, in our lives. In fact, the only phrase with broken in …
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Trusting God for Peace When Kids Go Back to School
Anticipation of school supply sales used to be such fun. Now all those bins of erasers, pencils and index cards are making me feel slightly woozy. I’m not ready for school supplies! I have no definitive plan for my children academically this fall. I’m trying to figure out options for everyone, and my head is …
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God, Can You Please Help Me Get My Kids to Bed?
OK. Seriously. When did bedtime go from a sweet time of books, prayers and song to wailing and gnashing of teeth? I can’t remember when the change happened this summer, but happen it did. Summer is just the worst. Last night my youngest daughters where unwilling to consider bed: “Why is it light …
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Releasing a Dying Loved One Into God’s Hands
“Momma, I don’t want grandpa to die, but I know he will feel so much better in heaven.” My sweet 12 year old son uttered those words as we sat in an Urgent Care waiting to see the doctor for the two of us, and while my father lay in a hospital bed waiting …
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Overcoming the Struggle to Give God the Reins
“Mommy, it’s all your fault.” It was raining, and although we had on all our pool attire, we were not heading to the pool. It wasn’t just raining; it was pouring buckets. And my 5-year-old was spittin’ mad—spittin’ mad at me! Lately I’ve been feeling like I have absolutely no control …
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Showing God’s Love When You’re Mad at Your Ex
A few weeks ago, I posted about being done. These past several weeks have been a bit difficult with regard to my attitude about my ex-husband. I forgave him three years ago, but sometimes I still get annoyed with him. Sometimes I just want him to be nice. And sometimes I want him to just …
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Where’s God in My Divorce?
Today is a wistful feeling sort of day for me. I’m not sure what prompted it—maybe it’s planning for college for my oldest or planning kindergarten for my youngest. I’m missing a simpler time, when a perfect day involved reading on the sofa, math on the patio and memory work in the cul-de-sac. I miss …
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How God Steps Into a Messy Life
A lot of people have told me lately that I’m too hard on myself. That I refer to myself as a mess way too much. I believe them. The problem is that I feel like a mess. I feel like I just can’t get my life together—any part of it. I told a friend recently that …
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How a Single Mom of 5 Finds God’s Provision
So, I know in polite conversation you aren’t supposed to talk about God, politics or money. I already talk about God because He’s everything to me. And although I have very strong opinions about most things, I’ve decided to refrain from politics. But today I just gotta vent a bit about money. Oh my goodness! …
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When Being Right Is Wrong
Nothing has done greater damage to our Christian testimony than our trying to be right and demanding right of others. We become preoccupied with what is and what is not right. We ask ourselves, Have we been justly or unjustly treated? And we think thus to vindicate our actions. But that is not our standard. …
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How Kids Respond When Mom Makes a Mistake
“Mommy, you forgot my show-and-tell today … again.” That’s how my sweet preschooler greeted me today after preschool. Yup. I forgot. I think I’ve forgotten more than I’ve remembered. She is scheduled for Monday morning show-and-tell, which usually would be great for my just-get-it-done attitude. But I don’t ever think about it in the crazy, …
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6 Questions Your Teenager Has About Being a Christian
Recently I began a Bible study with my oldest daughter and a few of her friends. At our first meeting, all I had were Bibles and notebooks for the girls but no Bible study book or even a topic. My prayer going into this study was that God would reveal what these girls most need …
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A Single Mom of 5 Kids Finds God’s Help
I’ve been feeling all twisted up in knots. If I could attach a video (which I probably can but honestly the thought of trying to figure out how and trying to look good enough in it kinda twists me up in more knots) you’d see me waving my hands all over the place to symbolize …
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God’s Grace for the Struggling Single Mom
Sometimes it’s easier to apply God’s truths to my life than to the lives of my children. I don’t know why that is. Maybe I feel like I should be able to fix things for them because I’m their mom. If I just love them enough, they won’t feel the void their Dad’s departure left. …