My beautiful little sister is getting married tonight. Fear has the potential to encircle this day as a great enemy of joy. The bride could freak out over little details or all the coming changes. The mother of the bride might worry things won’t go as planned. The groom may be scared of the father-of-the-bride…
Fear Factor Friday: Defining Fear
Welcome to Fear-Factor Fridays, where we contend with one of our greatest enemies: anxiety. Today, I am exploring what fear is. Is fear an emotion or a state of mind? Perhaps it is both, perhaps it is neither. Perhaps fear is an idea, shot into the mind like an arrow from the Enemy’s attack. If…
Little victories
Little victories This week has been one for the books. I started it out a bit discouraged about different circumstances: learning my new role as a mother, continuing the crash course in breast-feeding, saying goodbye to Shane for a week so early in this blessed but challenging stage of getting to know our babies. (To…
Fear Factor Friday: Faint Not
Today’s fear factor is… World-scares. The following is from my journal from last September: After listening to the news, I was absolutely struck with fear for the near future. The announcer was talking about Syria, Russia, homosexual persecution, economic risks, and the potential for WWIII. I’m not sure how the persecution of homosexuals* fits into…
Baby Blues and Breastfeeding (a lesson on trusting God)
My daughter is one week old today (so is her brother, turns out). Our family grew from 2 to 4 in a couple heartbeats, and it’s been crazy ever since. This month has been perhaps the most sanctifying season of my life. The babies and I have entered a crash-course on learning to breastfeed. Evi in…
Fear-Factor Fridays: Grace Finds Me
Last week we tackled being rooted in fear, which produces the fruit of anxiety, insecurity, etc. Hopefully, we are all striving to be rooted in love instead of fear. Still, a valid question many of us are asking is: “How do you get rid of fear?” My husband and I debated on whether fear is…
Twins in Progress: Introducing….
The babies have arrived! Please help Shane and I welcome our beautiful boy, Titus Zachariah Rosty: Born on July 23, 1:16am, 6.5 lbs, 19.5 inches long And our precious little lady, Evangeline River Rosty: Born on July 23, 1:18am, 6.7 lbs, 18.5 inches long Daddy and Mama are doing great! (Birth story of our peace-filled…
Twins-in-Progress: Week 38
I take back everything I said about making it to 37 weeks. I just finished 38 weeks of pregnancy, and today I begin week 39. If I didn’t know any better, I’d be looking for the candid camera. We expected to be induced this past week, but my womb was not “favorable.” Honestly, I was…
Fear Factor Friday: Am I rooted in Fear?
Anxiety is one of modern day society’s greatest struggles. Young and old wrestle with this great foe day and night. Christ-followers seem to be just as prone to anxiety-attacks as those who don’t have hope in Christ. I am personally quite familiar with fear myself. But I KNOW it is not God’s best for me….
Twins-in-Progress: Week 37
I honestly didn’t think I would “get” to write a post about how my 37th week of pregnancy went. Everyone said, “twins? oh you’ll go early….” —doctors, friends, other twin moms, family. In traditional Becky-fashion, I’m here to prove you wrong and blaze my own trail (though this time, I really would have liked to…