by Tara L. Cole | Sep 5, 2016 | Filling Up, Healing, Hurting, Moms, Tara Cole
Fall has finally come to Oklahoma this year. “And all the church said, ‘Amen!'” As I’ve been looking around, I’ve noticed all the things that the leaves had been hiding. From my back porch, I can see the beautiful white tree bark on our...
by Tara L. Cole | Mar 8, 2016 | devotional, Exodus, Filling Up, house, Psalms, Tara Cole, waiting
This post first appeared on OverACup 4 years ago. Surprisingly, its lesson is one I recently remembered and am trying to reapply to where I am now. I’m no longer in a period of waiting, but I still want to practice keeping my hands open and holding the blessings...
by Tara L. Cole | Feb 9, 2016 | Filling Up, Moms, Tara Cole
This post on finding balance and living in the tension of motherhood appeared several years ago on OverACup and then was republished on TheMOBSociety. It is as true now as it was then. I really need it’s message this week. I hope it helps you, too. ...
by Tara L. Cole | Apr 6, 2015 | devotional, Filling Up, Healing, Tara Cole
Right now I’m reading Hope for the Weary Mom with our online Bible study group. A few weeks ago in chapter 3 the focus verse was Matthew 11:28-30: Come to me all who labor and are heavy laden and I will give you rest. Take my yoke and learn from me, for I am...
by Tara L. Cole | Mar 30, 2015 | Parenting, Tara Cole
Several times recently I have been asked how I do it all. The simple answer is, I don’t. If you see me firing on all cylinders in one area, it’s because I’m hitting the easy button in another. Isn’t that phrase so much nicer than...
by Tara L. Cole | Mar 10, 2015 | Tara Cole
We began this journey together five years ago this May. Five years! Granted it’s only been the last three that I’ve been posting regularly, but many of you have been here since the beginning. Thank you! Thank you for hanging in here with me while I found...