Words Matter

Words matter. The words we say matter. The words we write matter. The words we read matter. And the words we think matter.

We need to be careful of the words we let enter our heart and mind. To do this, we need to be careful of the things we watch on tv or in movies and the things we read, whether in a book, magazine or online. We also need to be careful of the words that come out of our heart and mind via our mouth.

...For out of the abundance of 

the heart his mouth speaks.

Luke 6:45

Hawk Nelson has a song called Words. One line of this song gives me chills every time I hear it. It says, I wanna speak Your love, not just another noise. I don't want my words to be just noise. I want to speak intentionally, I want my words to be life, love and truth.

Examine your words. Are they just noise or are they pointing someone to Christ?

I have an obsession with letters. When I say obsession, I mean border line crazy obsession. I love words and I love letters. Especially monograms. There are M's literally all over my house.

Because of my extreme love of words and letters, I was beyond excited about Dayspring's Letterpress Blocks. These letters are gorgeous! You can order words or phrases already done like, hope, Jesus loves me, blessed, grace and much, much more. You can also build your own words, which is so fun to get the blocks personalized with your last name. Or you can order sets. They have 2 sets, Everyday Words and Inspirational Words. These sets come with 15 letters that let you make more than 10 words. Take a peek a few of mine:

Normally the Everyday Words set or the Inspirational Words set are $119 each, but right now you can get each set for only $50! That is an amazing deal! The Letterpress Blocks make an amazing gift or add just the right touch to your home. You can change them with the season or change them as your mood changes.

I am having so much fun playing with the letters. There are so many options that it's hard to decide where to keep them. I think I will just keep playing with them!

Check out Dayspring's article on some fun ways to use the blocks: 10 Fun Ways You Can Use Letterpress Blocks.

To check out the Letterpress Blocks and to get your own set, click the image below:

I Told My Son I Didn't Want To Tuck Him In

It had been a long, long week. Just coming home from vacation and trying to get back in the rhythm of things. Then add a busy weekend of volleyball tournaments into the mix and we were all tired. Extremely tired.

Attitudes were running high. Everyone was whining, me included. And nothing was going right.

Then it happened.

My son had showered. He was clean and fresh. Yet his jammies, only worn a couple of nights, smelled, according to him. In all his 11 year old boy wisdom, that called for cologne. Not fresh jammies. So he goes in, way past bedtime mind you, and gets his dad's cologne and sprays it. Now, my son loves cologne. So I am not talking a single spray. I am talking I could suddenly smell it across the house. I go in to see what is going on and our attitudes fall apart. I was not nice to him and he was disrespectful to me. I told him to just go to bed.

Then I told my son I didn't want to tuck him in.

What was I thinking!? I tuck my kids in every single night no matter what. I always have. Even my teenagers. I always go in, kiss them on the check, tell them how much I love them and tuck them in. My kids know this is important to me. I believe it is important to them too, they just may not know it yet. And I told him I didn't want to do it. My heart breaks at the memory of it.

Because of our attitudes, his response was, "Good. I don't want you to," as he stomped off to bed. Then the magnitude of what I said hit me like a ton of bricks and I wanted to cry and never stop.

I did the only thing I could do. I breathed a prayer seeking forgiveness from Daddy God then I went in to my son. I reached down, kissed his cheek and told him that I was sorry I said that and that I loved him so much. He mumbled an I love you back.

Moms are human. Moms will mess up.

The key is to admit our mistakes, to God and to the one we wrong. Even if it is your children. Our children need to know that when we mess up, we fess up. They need to know that we, as parents, apologize too. When our kids do wrong, we want them to apologize and make it right. We need to set the example and do the same.

Have you said something hurtful to your child? Apologize. Explain to them that sometimes mom messes up. And tell them how much you love them and that you never stopped. Then give yourself grace.

**For the extended article, see the Woman to Woman Magazine Winter 2014 issue. Click HERE.

Block Letters

Recently Dayspring came out with the new Words Matter Letterpress Blocks- Build your Word! I am in love! I love all things rustic and these adorable letters are perfect. I've been playing around with them trying to decide if I want our family's last name or one of our family verses.

Go ahead! Play around and see what you like!

Aren't they just so cute! Check out the Words Matter Letterpress Blocks- Build your Word!