Rachel Rachelhagg

LATEST ARTICLES ( 388 )

• I’ll Clean up After Your Parties, Because I Want To.

  

  The clock says that I’m up late as I scowl and continue my cleaning. The dust pan becomes crowded with memories of fun. Birthday present opening and card... Read more

  Posted on 26 October 2014 FAMILY, PARENTING

• Knowing Your Mouths Worth.

  

  As I sit here in the light of my desk lamp, a pack of chocolate to my right for moral support, I begin to put finishing touches on my mini sermon about being... Read more

  Posted on 24 October 2014 FAMILY, PARENTING

• If Only We Listen.

  

  I’m guilty of letting the exhaustion get to me as the sun sets. The children struggle to settle down in their warm beds, as I rock the baby to sleep. I smell th... Read more

  Posted on 22 October 2014 FAMILY, PARENTING

• New Viewers!

  

  Seeing that my blog has new viewers makes me incredibly happy, and incredibly nervous. Now more people know how crazy my kids are and that I have peed my pants... Read more

  Posted on 20 October 2014 FAMILY, PARENTING

• He Calls Us by Name.

  

  28 God doesn’t count us; he calls us by name. Arithmetic is not his focus. 29 Isaiah had looked ahead and spoken the truth: If our powerful God had not... Read more

  Posted on 19 October 2014 FAMILY, PARENTING

• Department Store Meets the Kids We Grew.

  

  Once upon a sanity check we took all three children under 6 to a Department store looking for ONE pair of dress shoes. There is nothing that stands the test of... Read more

  Posted on 16 October 2014 FAMILY, PARENTING

• I’ll Remember You , Like I Remember to Breathe.

  

  I don’t have the footprints to place on my dresser drawer. No special outfit I was able to dress you in, just one time. You left my body in a hurry, on your... Read more

  Posted on 16 October 2014 FAMILY, PARENTING

• Jesus, Make Me Like You.

  

  I wonder how many times Jesus’s disciples didn’t notice a marvelous work in healing He performed. How many times they looked the other way when Jesus knelt... Read more

  Posted on 15 October 2014 FAMILY, PARENTING

• Flexible

  

  The smell of chalk and sweat made my shoulders grow broader and my head tilt towards the sky. 8 years old and determined to kill it on my floor routine, I knew... Read more

  Posted on 14 October 2014 FAMILY, PARENTING

• The Battle for Our Hearts Cry.

  

  ” May God give you every desire of your heart, and carry out your every plan as you go into battle. When you succeed we will celebrate and shout for joy. Flags... Read more

  Posted on 13 October 2014 FAMILY, PARENTING

• My Unfair Life

  

  A time that I was struggling mentally, physically and emotionally. But even then he was present. He was loving, and always good. Despite how I felt. We cannot,... Read more

  Posted on 11 October 2014 FAMILY, PARENTING

• Crazy

  

  Sometimes I do crazy things, that in my head are not crazy. So I guess they aren’t crazy , but rather very crazy . I picked up furniture on the side of the road... Read more

  Posted on 10 October 2014 FAMILY, PARENTING

• Mamma Shabs Custom Designs.

  

  Courtney Devan-Kim Schearer was born and raised in North Carolina. Her and her husband Dave have two gorgeous children, and reside in Clayton, North Carolina. Read more

  Posted on 09 October 2014 FAMILY, PARENTING

• Testing the Spirit, Part Two.

  

  Throughout our walk with Jesus, our spirit longs to dwell somewhere. That is how we were designed from the beginning of time. Our DNA screams acceptance and... Read more

  Posted on 08 October 2014 FAMILY, PARENTING

• Learning to TEST the Spirit.

  

  Satan loves to deceive. It’s his best work. But what happens when the one he deceiving is you? Watch the video below before reading this post All Of our... Read more

  Posted on 06 October 2014 FAMILY, PARENTING

• Why My Husband Isn’t Enough for Me.

  

  I’m sure the title alarmed you. It alarmed me as I wrote it. The good thing about marriage is that I still haven’t figured it out yet. It’s only been 7 years,... Read more

  Posted on 01 October 2014 FAMILY, PARENTING

• I’m Learning to Not Quiet the Laughter

  

  Teeth clenched , fork in hand … I had had enough for the day. The loudness, the disobeying. I was done. Mommy was tired. Bedtime was near, but not near enough. Read more

  Posted on 01 October 2014 FAMILY, PARENTING

• BOOBS- A Tribute to a Job Well Done.

  

  I awoke smelling like cooked cabbage. I hate cabbage. I’ve been fasting cabbage all my life, and have seen tremendous breakthrough spiritually from remaining... Read more

  Posted on 29 September 2014 FAMILY, PARENTING

• To My Weaning Toddler, a Letter of Love.

  

  The bath water turned cloudy with milk from my leaking breasts. They ached to nourish you one last time, but I knew my body could not endure one more session. Read more

  Posted on 29 September 2014 FAMILY, PARENTING

• Just Like Mommy

  

  Yesterday was a series of events in which I intensely listened to the Holy Spirits direction. We fellowshiped, as I’m learning to go with his wind, wherever it... Read more

  Posted on 26 September 2014 FAMILY, PARENTING