Blog - Carey Bailey

Let the Advent Planning Begin!

November 14, 2012

Yesterday I claimed my desire to live the next 8 weeks with intention. Choosing Christ Planning ahead & Letting go as needed I told ALL of you about it so guess what that means? I am surrounded by accountability. LOVE it! I started thinking about our Bible reading plan for Advent. For years I have used this Advent devotional: Advent and Christmas Wisdom from Henri J.M. Nouwen: Daily Scripture and Prayers together with Nouwen's Own Words. And while I have always gotten something new from ...

Motherhood/Parenting

3 Steps to Avoiding "Crazy" this Christmas.

November 13, 2012

I can feel the winds shifting. Literally. The desert just went from hot to cool! Thank goodness! But I can also feel the winds inside me changing as well. The calendar is starting the fill up, the lists are being made, trips are about to happen, the parties are getting planned, the budget is shifting…the road to the holidays is about to be walked. The “get busy, girl” feeling is welling up inside of me. Am I going to let it eat me this year? I could. Am I going to reach the end of the ...

Reviews

Blog Warming Party and GIVEAWAY!

November 12, 2012

Welcome! Welcome to the new space and place of my little dream, Cravings: desiring God in the midst of Motherhood. Pretty, right??? I think it is simply delicious. And you want to know the best part? It was a complete blessing to me. As much as I wanted a fancy WordPress site there was no envelope money for that. But I continued to hope and then BAM! I won one. A new web-site designer, Mindy from Simply Designs, offered a ULTIMATE giveaway package and what do you know I WON!!!! It was an ...

Advent/Christmas

Christmas Cravings Are Coming!

November 7, 2012

The holidays are weeks away and we all know that they get hectic, nuts, and down right crazy! We hope to spend dedicated time in our Bibles but the time slips from our hands as we spin our ourselves silly cooking, cleaning, shopping, wrapping, and countless other things. We need to help our fellow mamas out! I am asking that you use your influence in your personal and/or professional social media world (Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Blog, etc.) to share about Cravings {The Devotional} ...

Dear God Letters

God, Ann Voskamp is in my head.

November 6, 2012

Ann Voskamp - One Thousand Gifts "Inside I am feeling raw and discouraged. I am trying to be it all. Not enough of me to go around. Am I making the right decisions? Am I doing anything well? Do you see me? Do you want to use me at all?" - Ann Voskamp (Allume 2012 Keynote) God, As I heard these words my brain thought has she been strolling around in my head? This sums me up in a nut shell right now. I feel raw. I feel discouraged. I feel like I am trying to be everything to everyone. ...