Carey Bailey

Dream Team

Good vs. Right

“Helping our kids develop is just one of the tasks in the plethora of responsibilities we juggle every day” George Barna, Revolutionary Parenting This week Holley asks the “Why?” question. Why are we pursuing our God-Sized Dream? 1. I have felt God nudging me towards it for years. 2. It is right. For 20 years I have served in church ministry. They have all been mega churches which are an interesting bred. I have done it because I was called to it. I could never let it go. It is what God had  ...

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Devotionals, Pin God 1st

Pin God 1st: April Calendar

We did it! We completed the 47 day challenge to choose God before social media. I loved getting pictures of your coffee stained and checked marked calendars. I know it held me accountable. Most days I was able to do it 1st thing in the morning but one day I had to wait till late afternoon to get some quiet time and every time my fingers almost checked facebook or Pinterest I simply kept saying... "Pin God 1st!" Are you ready to do it again? Here is the printable calendar for April. For the  ...

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Dream Team

A Girl Just Needs to Whine Every Now and Again!

I am generally a rule follower but right now I don’t want to be. When Holley posed our question for this week I just wanted to run away from it. She asked: What’s a typical day in your life like right now? How can you see God’s hand in the middle of the “small” and ordinary too? I am a firm, firm, and firm some more believer that God is in everything and in the midst of any mess God has a lesson learned for us. But there are numerous times in my ordinary schedule that I avoid seeking Him.  ...

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