Guest Post Archives - Carey Bailey

A Fresh Perspective.

November 21, 2012

Picture your world differently. Imagine yourself living in the middle of a country side with only a handful of others within your immediate proximity. Your ideology has changed. Your perception of life, breath, hunger, comfort, health, resources… God… has shifted. You no longer expect ease ...

Dear God Letters

God, I really wanted THAT lime.

October 4, 2012

God, I was picking limes off our tree that just overflows with sweet little green gems and there at the tippy top, smack in the center, was THE lime I wanted. It looked so perfect! But I couldn’t figure out how to reach it. I wasn’t tall enough even if I had gotten a ladder. Plus, the idea of ...

Motherhood/Parenting

You are…a PROMISE!

May 11, 2012

You are…a promise with a capital “P!” With five-year old gusto and pigtails swishing, I used to belt out this Sunday school favorite – I am a promise. I am a possibility. I am a promise with a capital “P.” I am a great big bundle of potentiality. And I am ...

Motherhood/Parenting

You are…LIFE.

May 10, 2012

It is two minutes till midnight and I am a full hour past my self-professed bedtime. I wander into my kids’ bedrooms, re-cover them, give them a kiss, and linger a bit to feel their soft baby skin. I never want the pre-bedtime ritual to disappear. As I stand there my mind rewinds through our ...

Motherhood/Parenting

You are…BEAUTIFUL!

May 9, 2012

Dear Child of Mine, Days pass, seasons change, and months turn into years and yet I still look at you as if you were a newborn. Every time I watch you try something new, all of my fears and excitement return as if it were the first time I laid eyes on you. The love you feel for a child can ...

Motherhood/Parenting

You are…IMPERFECT!

May 8, 2012

You are . . . imperfect! And (this is the good part), it’s okay!!! I read a quote not long ago attributed to a pastor in North Carolina by the name of Steven Furtick. He said, “The reason we struggle with insecurity is because we compare our behind-the-scenes with everyone else’s highlight ...

Motherhood/Parenting

You Are Exactly The Mom YOUR Child Needs.

May 7, 2012

You Are “You are a mess.” “You are amazing.” “You are in over your head.” “You Are ________” Two words loaded with either accusation or affirmation. As moms, we tend to let in the accusatory “You Are”s and ignore the affirming ones. Or in the absence of the world accusing us, we ...

Devotionals

Holding Up Your Big Girl Pants!

June 28, 2011

2011. The Real World. Ice cream trucks, sidewalk chalk, and sprinklers. Ahhhh…the classic summer memory makers. The world can be a wonderful, amusing, and innocent place full of precious Kodak moments. 2011. The Real World. Illness, death, cheaters, and bullies, oh my! Our same world can ...