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My Mother's Prayer

Dear God, Tonight, I won’t pray. Tonight, I will plead. As a mother, the world today is overwhelming. The news is today as it was yesterday - heart wrenching and terrifying. Adults abusing, killing, torturing chil…
Be Who You Are: Why I Don't Mind if You Don't Hold my Kid

By Sharon at She Worships Before my son was born, I wouldn’t have described myself as a baby person. It’s not that I disliked babies; on the contrary, I thought they were great! But I wasn’t totally co…
Why “Do Not Fear” Does Not Mean “Do Not Care”

By Sharon at She Worships On Saturday I had the opportunity to appear on Moody Radio’s morning show “Up for Debate.” The subject of the show was gun violence, and I had been invited because of an artic…
Today I am Thankful for My Son

By Sharon at She Worships Happy Thanksgiving, everyone! My parents are in town so I’ll keep this brief, but I couldn’t let this day go by without expressing what is on my heart: overflowing joy. The last yea…
Feeding on God

By Sharon at She Worships Tomorrow Isaac will be two weeks old (!!!) and this past Saturday we “took off the training wheels,” so to speak, when my parents went home and we were left alone with our son for t…
If You Knew How Much I Love You

By Sharon at SheWorships It’s hard to believe that only 3 weeks ago I met a little boy who I already love so much. There are few relationships in life that can truly be described as “love at first sight,&rdq…
Pregnant Pause: Thoughts on Waiting

By Sharon at SheWorships Today I am 41 weeks pregnant. I took this photo a couple days ago because my belly has gotten so big that I feel just plain silly. To pass the time, I enjoy walking through shopping malls and gi…
There Will Be Pain in Childbearing -- and Hope

By Sharon at She Worships Until very recently, I have always read Genesis 3:16 in a very specific way. This is the famous (or infamous) verse in which God declares the consequences of Eve’s sin in the Garden. In i…
A Terrible Mother’s Day Message

By Sharon at SheWorships Sunday was my first Mother’s Day as a mother, and I was really looking forward to it! Ike had planned all sorts of fun things throughout the day, and I couldn’t wait to celebrate the…
The Weirdness of Becoming a Mommy

By Sharon at SheWorships Some of you may remember that when I was preparing to marry Ike, I struggled a lot with changing my last name. It’s not that I didn’t want to take his last name–I very much did…