by laurengroves816 | October 18, 2019 | Marriage, My Life Before, WifeStyle | 0 Comments

Holiness will not earn you a spouse. Righteousness will not make you a wife. Marriage is not your prize. Jesus is. 

by laurengroves816 | October 15, 2019 | Motherhood, Pregnancy, WifeStyle | 1 Comment

Eden Celeste Groves entered the world on May 18, 2019 via an unmedicated vaginal birth. This is her story.

Originally posted 2019-08-05 14:00:30.

by laurengroves816 | October 15, 2019 | Pregnancy | 0 Comments

Pregnancy after loss is complicated. It is ladened with fear. It asks “what-if” day in and day-out. It is a whole lot harder when we try to do it alone.

by laurengroves816 | January 18, 2020 | Motherhood, WifeStyle | 0 Comments

The women who host these podcasts have become very special voices to me. They’re encouraging and uplifting and most of them bring my focus back to where my identity lies: Jesus.

by laurengroves816 | January 13, 2020 | Guest Posts | 0 Comments

• • • • • • • • • • • I am so excited to announce that today is the beginning of a new Friday adventure. Each week I will ask some amazing women to write to you, giving unique perspective on their individual stages of life. This week my sweet mom agreed to write. My...

by laurengroves816 | January 13, 2020 | Marriage, Our Season of Engagement | 0 Comments

1. Don’t get caught up in the details. I cannot stress this enough. SO many people are going to tell you how fast your day will fly, and you are still not going to grasp it. My thought was, “but I am spending so much time planning! I will remember it.” Nope. Not even...

by laurengroves816 | January 13, 2020 | Marriage, Married Life, WifeStyle | 1 Comment

Let me start by saying this: I am not really into the whole “how-to-marriage” thing. We are all different people married to different people. What does matter is that we are standing on a solid foundation: Christ.

by laurengroves816 | January 10, 2020 | Galatians, Going through Scripture | 0 Comments

Over the summer I got my fix on "Fixer Upper." For some reason, I find it deeply pleasing to see a seemingly irredeemable building torn down and built back up. And there is just something about Joanna Gaines that makes me believe that I too can make a room look like...

by laurengroves816 | January 10, 2020 | Marriage, Our Life Together | 0 Comments

Have you ever had a moment when something just clicked? Something you had such a hard time conceptualizing before? Nine times out of ten these moments don't just happen. They take time, consideration, and maybe even practice. I remember having my first great run. I...

by laurengroves816 | January 10, 2020 | Galatians, Going through Scripture | 0 Comments

One of my favorite things about writing online is answering the questions so many want to know, but feel weird asking--especially when the answer allows me to talk about my Savior! For those of you who have been following, we are over half-way through Galatians today....

by laurengroves816 | January 10, 2020 | Marriage, My Life Before | 0 Comments

The balanced Christian life cannot stay in the extreme of corporate spirituality, nor retreat into a radically individual spirituality. Rather, a balanced, stable approach to spirituality must simultaneously embrace both corporate and individual means of...

by laurengroves816 | January 10, 2020 | Galatians, Going through Scripture | 0 Comments

• • • • • • • • • • • For in Christ Jesus you are all sons of God, through faith. For as many of you as were baptized into Christ have put on Christ. There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free, there is no male or female, for you are all one in...

by laurengroves816 | January 10, 2020 | Marriage, Our Life Together | 1 Comment

Marriage is so fun! I think the world looks at it through this super serious lens, and while it is something to be taken seriously, it's also just a good gift God has given us here on earth. It should be enjoyed in every capacity. So far, I'm loving it. Today I am...

by laurengroves816 | January 10, 2020 | Galatians, Going through Scripture | 1 Comment

• • • • • • • I have been crucified with Christ. It is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives in me. And the life I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself for me. I do not nullify the grace of God, for if...

by laurengroves816 | January 10, 2020 | Marriage, Our Life Together | 0 Comments

When I walked into my apartment from class, I remembered I had received an email notifying me I had a package. Since I still haven't gotten over the whole extreme-excitement-of-getting-mail thing, I rushed upstairs without even waiting to open it. Why wait when your...