(For the audio version of this blog post, visit christywilliams.org) One of the perks of nursing a baby is potentially burning an average of 500 extra calories a day. The mistake I made while nursing was not taking in extra calories to make up for the ones I burned. This resulted in significant weight loss. I noticed how uncomfortable it became to sit for even short periods of time. Then I realized I had a callus on my tailbone area. I went to the doctor who sent me to a specialist convinced it Continue Reading
Why, Lord, Why. . . ?
Have you ever wanted to ask God “Why?” You know, that moment when you realized things just got worse instead of better. Instead of being loved on, you were rejected. Rather than everything “working out,” everything fell apart. Moments like that can cause a girl to wonder, right? And you want to look up to the Heavens and ask “Why, Lord, why!?” Well, Moses not only wanted to, he did it! For real. Read Exodus 5:22. There he is, having a moment. He’s questioning God as he faces opposition. Continue Reading
The Speck and the Plank
In the Sermon on the Mount Jesus said the following: “Why do you look at the speck of sawdust in your brother’s eye and pay no attention to the plank in your own eye? How can you say to your brother, ‘Let me take the speck out of your eye,’ when all the time there is a plank in your own eye? You hypocrite, first take the plank out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to remove the speck from your brother’s eye”(Matthew 7:3-5). In this passage Jesus is telling us to humble ourselves Continue Reading