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motherhood

When Home Receives the Worst of Us

What if we did less so that we can better love our families?

Feb 2 • Lara d'Entremont

Did You Know God Delights in You?

He not only loves you, but he likes you too.

Jan 26 • Lara d'Entremont

When Christmas Uncovers Difficult Memories

The God who carried me through birth trauma.

Dec 22, 2025 • Lara d'Entremont

Can God Reorder Even This? A Story of Preterm Labour

Gospel-hope for when pregnancy and delivery do not go as planned.

Dec 15, 2025 • Lara d'Entremont

C-Section: My Body Failed But God Did Not

Gospel-hope when it feels as if our bodies have failed us.

Dec 8, 2025 • Lara d'Entremont

abuse

Learning to Release the Stories that Hurt Us

How I found myself trapped in prison of reliving the harm done to me.

Jan 19 • Lara d'Entremont

What A Year Can Change

Reflections on a year after my divorce began and the woman I've become by the grace of God.

Nov 3, 2025 • Lara d'Entremont

The Shadow is a Small and Passing Thing

When I feel like there is no good left in the world.

Oct 27, 2025 • Lara d'Entremont

The Stories We Tell Ourselves—And How We Break Free From Them

How I'm learning to face reality instead of the fake positive spin I have put on my life.

Sep 1, 2025 • Lara d'Entremont

The Fruit from the Fire

The bounty that came in my deepest suffering.

Aug 11, 2025 • Lara d'Entremont

anxiety

Not All Fear Should be Feared

Maybe the Bible doesn't condemn all forms of anxiety and fear.

Sep 22, 2025 • Lara d'Entremont

When Change of Mind Frightens Me

How to be a curious listener rather than a judgmental observer.

Dec 30, 2024 • Lara d'Entremont

Not Without A Redeemer

I wanted to be Ruth, but I was Naomi

Aug 19, 2024 • Lara d'Entremont

The Calling of Motherhood for the Worrisome Mother

Entrusting our children to God when we think we could do it better.

Jul 1, 2024 • Lara d'Entremont

When God Withholds the Sun

Thoughts on snow in April.

May 13, 2024 • Lara d'Entremont

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Recent posts

Learning to Release the Stories that Hurt Us

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How God Uses Nature to Change Us

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Jan 12 • Lara d'Entremont

I Will Live in the Past, the Present, and the Future

Why I need the past to live well in the present.

Jan 5 • Lara d'Entremont

When Our Hearts Turn Cold in the Winter of Suffering

Just as Jesus comforted his mother as he died, so he comforts us.

Dec 29, 2025 • Lara d'Entremont

When Christmas Uncovers Difficult Memories

The God who carried me through birth trauma.

Dec 22, 2025 • Lara d'Entremont

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