Tag: Church

• More Than I Can Bear

  

  I had always wanted to be a mom. However, I didn’t know how hard, heartbreaking or rewarding the journey of becoming a mom would be. My husband, Casey, and I decided to start trying for our first child about two years into our marriage. Unfortunately, we struggled with infertility, and it took us three years…

  homegrownjournal

  October 19, 2022

  2022, October 2022, Storytellers

  Amber Ennis, Becoming a mom, Called to be parents, Calling, Casey Ennis, Cesarean Section, Church, Does God give you more than you can bear?, Emergency C-section, Fast and Pray, Fear of loss, Friends who grieve, Full term stillborn baby, God knows what it's like to lose a child, God makes good from bad, God's faithfulness, God's glory, God's goodness even during painful times, God's Love, Induction Birth, Infertility, John 3:16, Miscarriage, Missouri, NICU, Nixa, Peace in midst of pain, Pour my heart out to God, Pregnancy, Pregnancy Complications, Springfield, Umbilical Cord

• Lessons & Plans

  

  “’For I know the plans I have for you,’ declares the Lord, ‘plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future,’” (Jeremiah 29:11). Ever since I can remember, I knew the plan the Lord had for me. He had clearly revealed to me I was called to…

  homegrownjournal

  September 7, 2022

  2022, September 2022, Storytellers

  3rd grade, 417, 417 Magazine, achiever, achievment, Anxiety, Central Bank of the Ozarks, children, Church, Council, counciling, Counseling, discovery of self, Educator, Educator of the Year, Frustration, healing, Identity, Jeffries Elementary, Jermiah 29:11, Kansas, Kansas City, Kansas City Chief's, Kansas City Chiefs, Kids MInistry, Lord, Lord's plan, Mathematics, ministry, Missouri, mycounselor.online, Perfectionism, Plan, Rookie, Sadness, school, self-discovery, sharing, Springfield, Springfield Public Schools, State of Missouri, struggle, Student, surrender, surrender at 20, surrender control, surrender to god, teach, Teacher, Truth & Counsel

• Forgotten Ones

  

  FIVE weeks into the COVID-19 lockdown, I received an unusual text. It was from an unknown number, but that was normal. The organization I work for was running an emergency food bank. The message came in through the emergency number, but it happened to be redirected to my personal cell. Usually those messages read, “Are…

  homegrownjournal

  June 2, 2022

  2022, June 2022, Neighbors

  1 John 2:6, Church, Itamar Elizalde, John 3:16, NAMB, North American Mission Board, Puerto Rico, Send Relief Puerto Rico, Southern Baptist Convention