In Sickness and In Health

Carrie KittingerFaith, Marriage

When wedding vows are spoken most couples are healthy and strong and have not walked through the thick and thin places with each other. A few weeks ago the flu hit my husband head-on. Up to that point, I could count on one hand how many sick days he had taken in our 27 plus years of marriage. He ended …

Time Is in His Hands

Carrie KittingerFaith

As I anticipate this year, I am reminded once again that time is a gift to steward. Last year, my family experienced some of our lowest depths ever, some amazing achievements, and lots of sweet and salty moments in between. We may feel like time is in our hands –  but the truth is –  our times are in the …

Finding Contentment in the Full and the Empty

Carrie KittingerFaith, Parenting

My house is usually full of people during the holidays, which is amazingly beautiful and messy all wrapped up together. Laughter and tears, cooking and baking, extras squeezed around the table, stacks of dishes, loads of laundry and late-night talks. Then all too soon, everyone leaves and I’m teary-eyed and cranky. (The crankiness doesn’t last more than a day or …

Becoming a Wise Person

Carrie KittingerFaith, VLogs

Therefore everyone who hears these words of mine and puts them into practice is like a wise man who built his house on the rock. Matthew 7:24 Most of us can call this passage to mind about the wise and foolish builders. My husband and I are currently in the process of watching a house being built. There is so …

A Woman of Prayer

Carrie KittingerFaith, VLogs

The prayer of a righteous person is powerful and effective. Elijah was a human being, even as we are. He prayed earnestly that it would not rain, and it did not rain on the land for three and a half years. Again he prayed, and the heavens gave rain, and the earth produced its crops. James 5:16b-18 Prayer doesn’t require …

The Parental Release

Carrie KittingerFaith, Parenting

Parenting ~ how can this word bring out so many emotions from my heart?  My love for my two is fierce.  My hunger to see them live out their destinies is insatiable.  I will fight on their behalf until my dying breath. The year my husband and I released our firstborn child was much harder than imagined. It caught my …

Decisions that Become Defining Moments

Carrie KittingerFaith, Practical Living, VLogs

Time is passing by at the same pace every hour of every day, but some moments seem to linger more than others. If you’ve lived long enough, you can look back and see decisions that become defining moments. Maybe your look back is in regret of a bad decision, in pain because of a difficult decision, or in gratefulness of …

Is God Really Good All the Time?

Carrie KittingerFaith

Have you ever felt like a dark cloud is hanging over you? I typically walk around with a sunny disposition, but whenever I hear the song, King of My Heart, by John Mark McMillan and Sarah McMillan, I am challenged in my view of God’s goodness. Questions arise in my heart. Do I really believe God is good, all the time? Do …