By Amber Roberts Nearly twelve years ago, I married my husband. I knew the moment I opened my door for our first date that I would marry him, and from that moment forward it felt as if I could exhale for the first time in years. He was then and continues to be an…
“Hope deferred makes the heart sick, but a longing fulfilled is a tree of life.” Proverbs 13:12 ESV I sat alone in my car almost paralyzed and unable to go about my daily responsibilities. I had children to pick up from school, errands to run and dinner to prepare. But I could not…
Over the past year we have experienced so many abrupt changes to our normal rhythm and quite frankly, 2021 hasn’t given much reprieve so far. This interruption to my “normal rhythm” has caused me to behave in less than loving ways. Just when I step out to challenge others to love well, I am presented…
I had no idea. I thought we were friends. The truth hit me like an unwelcome virus. Sickening and painful. For years I had been walking around smiling at people who I had no idea believed I was a traitor to my church family. What did I do, you ask? Several years ago my…
Did you know you are an influencer? Not as in like you have an undiscovered Instagram or You Tube following of millions but you – yes you – are an influencer! Now, don’t duck and hide at the thought just yet… What do I mean when I say you are an influencer? It’s simple….
This article was originally posted on the Seeds & Sycamores blog site. Go check out my friend, Jenn Tolbert’s absolutely ADORABLE shop online and show her some love! https://seedsandsycamores.com/blogs/news/my-way Anyone who has been around children for any amount of time knows the sheer madness that comes when they do not get their way. Unfortunately, it…
Welcome to my new series entitled, “How to Focus on What We Can Control in an Out of Control World”! Each week I am going to be recapping the discussion from my Wednesday Facebook Live videos. If you’d like to catch up, you can watch last week’s video HERE https://www.facebook.com/somer.colbert/videos/10157806445217362/ Last week, I kicked off…
It does not matter what we are doing, my 5 year old daughter wants to know the plan. Where are we going? What are we going to do? Why? Who’s going to be there? Even in our recent transition to homeschooling she has been relentless in her need to know how many assignments are remaining,…
“God, it wasn’t supposed to look like this. I obeyed you. I did everything you asked me to. Why are you punishing me? Why would you allow this to be so hard?” I stood in my closet away from the world with tears in my eyes and blatantly expressing anger toward my Heavenly Father. It…
Learning to rest and wait on God can arguably be one of the hardest aspects of the Christian life. But where we wait, God speaks.