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Mom Warns of ‘Grooming Behavior’ After Unmarked Delivery Driver Targets Her Sons in Family Driveway

I’ve seen the Facebook posts and watched the Instagram stories about trafficking attempts and kidnapping and grooming. The only difference is that this happened at our HOME.

‘Don’t Ignore The Itch’ — Pregnant Mom’s Facebook Rant May Have Saved Her Baby from Dying in Utero

An all-over itch had one mommy-to-be scratching to the point of bleeding during her third trimester. She took to Facebook and today she's so glad she did.

“Together We Serve” — How Two Strangers’ Tattoos Helped This Woman Experience God

"For the first time in our entire lives, never had we experienced strangers praying for us! Inside that cafe, all four of us held each others hands, bowed our heads as these beautiful couple prayed for me and my husband!"

Dear Christian Parents, Don’t Underestimate the Significance of Your Calling

I fell asleep a little earlier than usual last night. After a long and stressful day at work, I was beat. I said bedtime prayers individually with each of my daughters, and then I fell asleep before my head even settled on the pillow. A couple of hours later I woke suddenly, and keeping quiet I gazed upon my eleven year old preparing for bed. I watched in a sleepy joy while she read from a kid’s devotional book I had bought for her, and then while she proceeded to read from her Bible. I fell back asleep, contentment carrying me to dreamland.

My husband and I recently had a conversation about the amazing plan God must have for one of our children. How else could we explain the course our lives had taken?! We both carried pasts that were the whispers in church circles. An addict and alcoholic having a baby?! But God’s Grace had won. I tried to commit suicide by hanging as a child, but the poorly constructed noose didn’t work. My husband had a horrific car wreck as a young man, unrestrained, that left him without front teeth, but somehow no other injuries. When he awoke in the wreckage, he had been misplaced from the crushed-in driver’s seat, to the less impacted passenger side. And these are just a couple of our miraculous survival stories. Our past problems caused us to live individual, high-risk lifestyles, but in His mercy we were protected from our own stupidity.

As a teenager, new to the faith, I had known Ben was going to be my husband. I wasn’t very confident yet in my ability to hear God’s voice, but I never doubted he was the one. The problems and roadblocks of the world would separate us. For ten years, even! But somehow what God meant to place together, no man could keep apart. In my thirties, I finally married the man I knew at nineteen God had for me.

I could drone on and on how I believe my current path was meant to be, but I’ll spare you any further details. The point is, I have seen the hand of God in my life time and time again. So has my spouse. We consider each of our children a gift from God, and we have no doubt that the Lord has wonderful plans for their lives.

My husband used to own his own business, and he even built rockets once upon a time. But during this season, he is a homemaker. He homeschools our children and does about a billion other important tasks at home, while I serve in the role of primary and sole breadwinner. Albeit untraditional, this works wonderfully for our family. I think some men might tend to feel unfulfilled in their role as a stay-at-home dad. Not simply because society has deemed it a woman’s place over the years, but because, let’s face it; full-time parenting is hard! I’ve been in his position, and it’s crazy, hectic homeschooling multiple young ones. There’s one thing that he’s done that makes it fit him so much better than it did me, though. He understands his calling.

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Brie Gowen
Brie Gowenhttp://briegowen.com/
Brie Gowen is a 30-something (sliding ever closer to 40-something) wife and mother. When she’s not loving on her hubby, chasing after the toddler or playing princess with her four-year-old, she enjoys cooking, reading and writing down her thoughts to share with others. Brie is also a huge lover of Jesus. She finds immense joy in the peace a relationship with her Savior provides, and she might just tell you about it sometime. She’d love for you to check out her blog at BrieGowen.com.

Mom Warns of ‘Grooming Behavior’ After Unmarked Delivery Driver Targets Her Sons in Family Driveway

I’ve seen the Facebook posts and watched the Instagram stories about trafficking attempts and kidnapping and grooming. The only difference is that this happened at our HOME.

‘Don’t Ignore The Itch’ — Pregnant Mom’s Facebook Rant May Have Saved Her Baby from Dying in Utero

An all-over itch had one mommy-to-be scratching to the point of bleeding during her third trimester. She took to Facebook and today she's so glad she did.

“Together We Serve” — How Two Strangers’ Tattoos Helped This Woman Experience God

"For the first time in our entire lives, never had we experienced strangers praying for us! Inside that cafe, all four of us held each others hands, bowed our heads as these beautiful couple prayed for me and my husband!"