by Cheri Fletcher | Feb 20, 2020 | Contentment, purpose, Uncategorized, Validation
“It must be nice to be just a stay at home mom.” The words spoken to me 22 years ago still come to the forefront when I am asked what I do for work. I know they were not spoken to hurt but two words in that phrase stuck! JUST A If I let them they can keep me from...
by Cheri Fletcher | Feb 15, 2020 | Anxious, Contentment, Courage, mothers, Peace, purpose
Glory – Bringer Guest Blog: Bethany Howard I am taking a Sabbath rest today. It is a gift, a day where God says ‘give me the weight of your week’. I can lay down the cares I have carried, cease the striving and rest – weightless. A year a ...
by Cheri Fletcher | Nov 22, 2019 | Contentment, purpose, Uncategorized, Validation
One of the hardest things for me is to be unproductive. I like to have a tangible, visual result of my efforts too. To see the “fruit of my labor” is a natural desire. We were actually created to be fruitful. When God created us He blessed us and then told us to be...
by Cheri Fletcher | Apr 23, 2019 | Contentment, mothers, purpose, Uncategorized
“Whoever then humbles himself as this child, he is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven” (Matt. 8:14 NASB). You may be familiar with these words from Jesus. But what does that mean exactly? Oh, for the divine wisdom of children. They have the ability to humbly...
by Cheri Fletcher | Jul 24, 2018 | Contentment, Faith, Uncategorized
Several years ago my daughter was a flower girl at my sister’s wedding. She loved her dress and would twirl all around the venue watching it billow. Several people would come up to her and tell her she was so pretty, to which she smiled and said, “I know”. As her...
by Cheri Fletcher | Sep 23, 2016 | Contentment
I am the only one awake in my daughter’s first rental home. It is quiet, and I am drinking the first cup of joe made from her new Mr. Coffee. Boxes that need to be flattened cover the floor; dishes and collectables cover the...
