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Monthly Round Up & My Easter Menu

Easter, An Easy & Elegant MenuScroll down for my Easter Menu: Prime Rib, Roast Potatoes, Asparagus, Baby Field Greens Salad and Carrot Cake!

March has come and gone and left lots of pretty flowers, gorgeous blooming trees and oceans of pollen in it’s wake! Spring has sprung, at least here in North Georgia.

March was a busy month of posts and recipes. I was privileged to speak about The God Dare at a women’s conference in Alabama and traveled to Nashville a few times to visit family. And, it was a busy month of writing! I’m happy to say, The God Dare is just about finished and should be out around Mother’s Day!

Here’s a roundup of posts from the past month 🙂

March Recipes

  • Gluten-Free Strawberry Shortcake Cupcakes

These Gluten-Free Strawberry Shortcake Cupcakes are just the perfect marriage of fresh strawberries, homemade whipped cream and delicious, lightly coconut flavored gluten free cake. You don’t even notice that they’re gluten free but they are and they. are. addicting!

  • Poached Salmon with Dill Sauce and Roast Asparagus

An easy, elegant dish you can make to celebrate spring!

March Devotional Posts

  • Job and The Deeper Deeps or How to See God– This is from my new book, The God Dare, taken from my chapter on Job. Because sometimes The God Dare is found in the deepest of tests.

“Job is the one character, the one book, most of us wish was not in the bible. We don’t ever want to consider his lot falling to us. Don’t even go there. It’s a hard story with hard truth and some of it is hard to grasp. But, The God Dare is in the Job story too. Job was one of the biblical ‘good guys’ in fact he was, “..blameless and upright, and one who feared God and shunned evil.” Job 1:1.   A description befitting most of you reading this. You’re good right? You don’t…..”

  • Where are You Sitting?-It’s all about perception and perspective.

..”Perception, what you see and how you see it, is your reality. It’s not necessarily truth but it’s your truth. Only one thing can change your perception and that’s your perspective. The place you’re looking at life from.We go through life dragging our heavy burdens behind us, the chains of our misconceptions birthed in wrong perceptions. We drag around our version of truth except it’s not truth. It’s our perception of truth. Our carnal mind thinks…”

  • 10 Truths About Motherhood I Learned at the Grocery Store-You’ve shared this over 3,000 times on FaceBook! Thank you 🙂

“…I got in the checkout line and there was a mom in front of me struggling to get her groceries out of the cart and paid for and get her 2 little kids under control. She was failing miserably. Did I mention she had a baby in a stroller too? She was harried and impatient and clearly inches away from losing it. Her kids, around 4 and 6 I think, were breaking down and wearing her down with whines and requests and tears and using every other tool in their drive-mom-crazy-while-her-hands-are-more-than-full arsenal. Mom, clearly embarrassed, was doing what she could to hold it together as the checkout lady scanned her coupons and bagged her groceries. The kids were whining and poor mom turned and looked at those of us in line all embarrassed and apologetic and all I could do was reach out and touch her arm, look her squarely in the eyes and say:”…”

Monthly Round Up & My Easter Menu

My post for The Better Mom:

  • When Disappointment Derails Your Dreams

“Let me share something honest with you mama. Life is hard and following God is hard and it’ll cost you. Things will come, hard things, the ones that devastate or derail our dreams. And dreams won’t always turn out exactly like we planned. But it doesn’t mean we’re supposed to stop dreaming! Because…Your Dreams Count! You have…”

My post for Mothers of Daughters:

  • Raising Up Children The Way They Should Go

“…Successful adults don’t happen by accident. It takes years to raise a daughter into an adult with a strong sense of  her destiny in God, a passion to serve Him and a deep knowing of her gifts and callings, purpose and destiny. Mamas, you know your girls better than anyone else. By partnering with God you can equip her to be all He called and created her to be. It’s up to us to equip our children (not push or pressure them) to go after their dreams…”

My post for Raising Generations Today:

  • Down is the Way Up
  • “…We’re terrified of the dark but the dark is where the growth happens. The dark is where we learn humility and it’s where we learn to trust. But the best part of the dark is this: It’s where we learn, slowly for most of us, to hear His voice…”

Last but not least, My Easter Menu!

I pray you get to spend time with your family for Easter this year. He is Risen!

Blessings 🙂

Kate

Monthly Round Up & My Easter Menu

Category: Beauty in the Broken, Community, Desserts, Devotional, Gluten Free, Main Dishes, Marriage, Motherhood, Paleo, Ponderings, Salads, Special Occasions/Holidays, The God Dare, Vegetables and Side DishesTag: beauty in the broken, devotional, Easter menu, Easy and Elegant Easter menu, Job, Monthly roundup, motherhood, mothers of daughters, Raising Generations Today, The Better Mom, The God Dare

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#Repost @joyfullifemagazine ・・・ I think abou #Repost @joyfullifemagazine ・・・
I think about heaven a lot. I can sense a hint of the banquet, hear an echo of the orchestra tuning up. I can almost smell the bread baking, hear the hustle and bustle of those setting the table getting all things ready.⁠⠀
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When I go outside, I feel the ache in nature, desperate to give voice to centuries of silence. I catch a glimpse of eternity in a perfect flower or a shooting star.⁠⠀
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But I don't want to spoil my appetite. I prefer to wait with eager anticipation because even though I don't fully know what I'm waiting for, I do know this: I was made for a specific, incredible, perfect place and I know Who's I am. I know a day is soon coming when I'll look up and see the sight my heart ever longs for, the sight I was made for—my King, coming on clouds of Glory, to take me up with Him where there is no more crying, no fear, no sorrow, no sin, no disease.⁠⠀
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We are all in a season of dying. We've had to die to our routines and expectations, our way of life that seemed normal and good just weeks ago. ⁠But in seasons of death, we can look for resurrection. Life is hard and confusing at the moment but it's still good. Death is hard but resurrection is always worth it. And resurrection is coming. New life, new ways of living are coming.⁠⠀
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"Behold, I am doing a new thing; now it springs forth, do you not perceive it? I will make a way in the wilderness and rivers in the desert" (Isaiah 43:19, ESV)⁠.⁠⠀
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He always makes a way, friend. It might not look the way you thought it would, but you can trust He has you. Now's the time to press in, lean into His heart, ask Him what He would have you do or say or learn during this time when so much makes so little sense. If you ask and quiet the noise of your heart, He will answer. ⁠⠀
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When Mary went to the tomb early that morning, she didn't recognize the resurrected Christ. She looked but didn't see...until He said her name. As soon as He said, "Mary," she knew.⁠⠀
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In seasons of dying, something will resurrect, I promise. ⁠⠀
Tag a friend who needs to be encouraged by this today! ❤️. #writersofig #authorsofig #calledcreatives #hopewriters #hopewriterlife #amwriting #resurrection
These are crazy, trying times we’re living in an These are crazy, trying times we’re living in and we could all use a little encouragement, right?? I’m excited to be part of the Brave Moms conference starting today 5/7-5/9. It’s completely free and each day there are new sessions that will give you Peace in the Middle 💕. Get all the info over at @bravemoms  I hope you’ll join us, I know you’ll be blessed!💕. #bravemoms #motherhoodinspired #peaceinthemiddle #mothering #honestlymothering #christianmoms #mothersofig #bravemom #momssupportingmoms #speakingtruth
This is on Facebook, y’all. I don’t know how t This is on Facebook, y’all. I don’t know how they picked me and my book but I’m beyond thrilled they did!!. Tomorrow at 2pm Central I will be on the @booksamillion Facebook page for their Pray in May series answering questions as the video I made about THE GOD DARE plays. The page has over 350,000 likes so it’s a little intimidating but exciting for sure😊

The series began on Sunday with the incredible @sheilawalsh1 and now it’s my turn. I’m believing folks will be inspired and blessed by my story and motivated to step out and take God at His Word. To once and for all let go of fear and doubt and step with Him into the glorious future. To choose to be chosen to change the world!. This is the perfect season to dig deep with God and hear His heart for what’s next for your life. He is speaking. The Holy Spirit is talking to you, yes YOU. All you need to do is listen and follow. He might ask you to do something that seems impossible but, remember this: the impossible is God’s comfort zone!. I hope you can join me tomorrow!. #prayinmay #booksamillion #thegoddare #faithingod #faithfulness #faithoverfear #hopeingod #choosetobechosen #impossible #seasonofchange
@joyfullifemagazine ・・・ After one baby, I de @joyfullifemagazine ・・・
After one baby, I dealt with infertility, or should I say, infertility dealt with me. 
Everything I knew about God, motherhood, my purpose—all were tarnished by a hard season.⁠⠀
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The pain of a harsh diagnosis pierced my heart like a sword. Depression made a move when I realized the one thing I wanted—a big family—wasn't happening. After four failed adoption attempts, I had no clue what to do.⁠⠀
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The pain and loss grew each day, making me sad, resentful, and filled with self-pity. I had no room for gratitude and couldn't see the point in any of it.⁠ Years went by and the pain remained, with that empty feeling each time a friend announced a pregnancy. As I learned to manage the ache, it felt like telling a nasty dog, "Go sit over there. I'm not petting you," because⁠ whatever you pet sticks around. ⁠⠀
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God let me dangle over a precipice of self-pity until I was ready to do three things:. To read the rest, jump over to @joyfullifemagazine and look for the same picture as this post 😊 Thanks!!. #infertilityawareness #infertilityawareness #infertilityjourney #mothering #honestmothering #pregnancyloss #miscarriage
Super excited to share that the newest issue of @t Super excited to share that the newest issue of @thepodcastmag came out today with a list of their top 50 motherhood podcasts and guess what? @momtomompodcast is number 36!! Of all the zillions of motherhood podcasts out there we are 36 and, they did a beautiful 4 page article on us!. God is so good. I am in awe. We are in the top 50 with names you know and love like @emilypfreeman, @dontmomalone, @drmichellebengtson @mimikacooney @jamieivey and so many more.

We started our podcast a little more than a year ago and we’ve been consistently building & growing and loving the community we’ve begun to see grow around Mom to Mom.

And now this lovely honor. I hope you’ll take a look at @thepodcastmag and download it for free. There’s tons of great content and we are grateful to CEO @steveolsher for featuring us in a great article by @eric_nevins. Thank you!!. #podcastlife #podcastersofinstagram #podcastsofinstagram #christianpodcast #podcasters #podcasting #podcastersunite
New post up at @momtomompodcast!. So much about Go New post up at @momtomompodcast!. So much about God and His Word is still a mystery, even to the greatest theological minds down through the ages. Faith–simple, childlike #faith is what holds the whole thing up. But, do we just stop there?
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In 2 Timothy 2:15, we’re charged to rightly handle the Word of Truth and to study to show ourselves approved unto God. And in 1 Peter 3, we’re told to always be ready to give an account of the hope that we have in Christ.
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Should part of that readiness be Biblical literacy–not just being able to quote Scripture, but being able to use those Scriptures to better know God–His character and attributes–and to better know the doctrines of our faith and how those are to be lived out in our everyday lives? .

Today, we’re joined by @phyliciamasonheimer who is going to help answer that question and hopefully give us some tips for living in the tension of both a simple faith and practical theology.

#christianmom #momtomompodcast #stopcallingmebeautiful #phyliciamasonheimer
#biblicalliteracy #theology #theologymatters #wordoftruth
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