This is one of the big lessons my Creator has been teaching me. It applies to so many areas of my life because for so long I have been gripped by fear, distraction, lack of motivation, and disappointment in myself. These things kept me barely functioning for a long time and the guilt of the little I was doing, and how poorly I was doing those things just compounded it all. No need to go into details right now, just to say this... it is so worth it to FEAR ONLY God, and just,

As an adult, now with two children, married over 13 years, it wasn't until last year that I really started grasping the truth that I CAN learn hard skills. It started with learning to make fresh milled flour bread, but the creative side of me has itched all my life. I have tried with drawing because the beautiful images in my head want to be seen on paper, alas I have tried, but there is very slow growth. But sewing. To be able to make something with my hands that I can wear!

What a great gift it is to be a mom. The privilege of using my hands to help another human being grow into the fullness of who God created them to be... it is a beautiful thing, and also such a big responsibility. It is good that it weighs on me to some extent because it makes me depend on God. I alone, cannot. Amongst the many areas this gift and responsibility impacts me is my health. I have seen how easy it is to not stress about what I eat and just eat what I want. I have

Thank you for being here! I wanted to share the journey to how "My Proverbs 31 Hands" came to be called what it is. Actually, the first version was "Willing Hands". I had been praying for some months that God help me have skills. Skilled hands in order to be useful to my family in more ways than only homeschooling our boys and cleaning the house. Those things too I wanted to do with a servant's heart, but I often mourned not having useful skills that could potentially bring i