Natasha Metzler 5 Minute Read The first week of December often flies by with excitement fueling each activity and when the second week arrives it can feel like time is too short, the lists of things still left to accomplish too long, and we can all forget an important element in Advent: soft remembrance. In Glad and Golden Hours, Lanier…
Natasha Metzler 3 Minute Read I recently saw something about children being a blessing from the Lord and infertility being a curse and I am still upset over it! Does the Bible actually say that my infertility is proof that I am cursed? -Innocently Infertile When reading Scripture it’s so important to keep an overview of all Scripture in our…
Natasha Metzler 2 Minute Read I’m currently raising children who have experienced a lot of trauma. I’d love any advice! -Struggling Parent Through the years I’ve shared a lot of thoughts and ideas about raising kids who have experienced trauma but I think everything I really have to say can be boiled down to two things. First, on the very…
Natasha Metzler 4 Minute Read I have an older woman in my life who has been an encouragement and help in my Christian walk…who has now made decisions that are painful and un-Christlike. The issues have been addressed and yet have continued without repentance. I still see her regularly and I’m at a loss when it comes to how to…
Natasha Metzler 3 Minute Read I am dating a man eleven years older than me. I’m always nervous to admit our age difference because people often have opinions. Is there anything actually wrong with dating or marrying someone with a significant age difference? -Wondering Young Woman The very simple answer is no there isn’t anything specifically wrong with a significant…
Natasha Metzler 2 Minute Read My daughter is extremely extroverted and I’m a classic introvert. I feel guilty sometimes because I keep her home a lot when she’d rather go and see people. Am I hurting her development by not going out more? -An Introverted Mom It’s fascinating to me how certain narratives get started in society and how quickly…
Natasha Metzler 5 Minute Read I was nineteen years old when I started pestering the Lord about wanting a mentor. Fresh out of college, having just moved to a new town, I was feeling alone and a bit hesitant in my walk with the Lord. I read Titus 2 and determined that what I needed was an older woman in…
Natasha Metzler 6 Minute Read I was in grade school that year, with pigtails and a crazy hunger for books to read. Once a week the youth pastor from the church would come in and read to us from Tales of the Kingdom, a trilogy of books that told of an enchanted city where everything was twisted up and dark,…
Natasha Metzler 6 Minute Read When my husband and I decided to pursue older child adoption, I committed myself to studying about trauma. There are many types and effects of traumatic circumstances, but one of the hardest to recover from (in my opinion) is trauma that results in lost relationships. Our bodies were created to stay connected with those closest…
Natasha Metzler 4 Minute Read I’m not sure how old I was when I picked up my first Elisabeth Elliot book. Twelve? Thirteen? I had read a children’s biography of Amy Carmichael, so when I saw Elisabeth Elliot’s A Chance to Die: The Life and Legacy of Amy Carmichael, I was intrigued. I’m not sure I understood much of the…
Natasha Metzler 4 Minute Read I still remember the doctor looking at me over the top of her glasses. “What this means,” she explained, “is that it is very probable you will never bear children.” And something inside me just withered up and died right there. I stumbled through weeks, then months, and then years before I finally started breathing…
Natasha Metzler 5 Minute Read I’m sitting here at four in the morning writing you this letter. My two month old got sick and threw up all over my side of the bed. I’m now on the couch, with a towel on the floor beside me in case she has another round. I’m in a medium amount of pain because…
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