Resurrection and Life

Be Kind to Yourself

Have you ever noticed how easy it is to speak kindness over others, but faced with just yourself you come up with nothing? Last week I went in for what I call my oil change with my counselor. I’m not in a season where I need intense and regular counseling, but I like going every so often just to check in. Mainly because she is one of the wisest, godliest women I have ever met and I love getting her insight on my life. After a while of chatting she got this smile, the kind that makes you feel like [...]

Prayer: Be a part of what God is doing

There has been a situation in a close friend’s life that left me feeling so helpless. Since I’m a doer, I especially hate this. I’ve already run through all the ways I could help. But it hasn’t made a real difference. Yesterday morning while I was sitting on my back porch with my hot cup of coffee and spiced pumpkin bread (yummy), the Lord got me. It seems ridiculous really, I should’ve heard His leading before. But His message was simply to pray. To pray like I mean it. So right there I prayed hard for this person and the [...]

There is a need for you

Do you ever think: “Where do my passions and my gifts fit?” You look around and see hundreds of women doing what you want to do and you find yourself discouraged. This is something I’m struggling with right now. Where do I fit in? What’s the purpose of me going after my dreams when there are already so many others doing something so similar? Our passions might be different, but our journey is similar. My passion is women’s ministry, maybe yours is to be a musician, social justice crusader, mother, lawyer, doctor, teacher, artist, missionary, etc. We all want to [...]

The Strong-Willed Wife

Tonight I was talking with some friends about a parenting book I just ordered called the Strong-Willed Child to help this mama out with my tenacious toddler. One woman jokingly said they need to write a book about the Strong-Willed Husband. To which I responded, and my poor man needs a copy of the Strong-Willed Wife. At the time I was joking. But, if I am honest, it’s true: My name is Becky Kiser and I am a strong-willed wife. Chris and I couldn’t be any more different. I make 50 decisions a day without hesitation, he takes 50 days [...]

Gateway Beautiful

Acts 3: 1-11 tells the story of a man who usually sat at the Temple gate called “Beautiful” to beg for provisions. On this particular day, Peter and John were entering the Temple from that very gate and the man asked them for a handout. He might as well have been the beggar at the street corner. Peter

Are we too distracted?

A few weeks ago I read a blog post titled, “How to miss a childhood.” It will forever fall into that small category of writings that have wrecked me. And I hope, in time, it makes it onto the list of writings that have literally changed the way my life was going. Because I realized, my life needed

iDol. {Be Tech-No}

This is a post I really didn’t want to write. Why? Because it’s going to both humble me and keep me accountable in front of the whole internet. Here it goes: I think I’m addicted to technology. I find myself using these small, hand-held devices as a filler for real life. My phone

When you face opposition…

Feel free to Bookmark, Print and Share this post. The Enemy says: Things will never change. You are hopeless. God says: This is only temporary. My plans for you are full of hope. (2 Corinthians. 4:16-18, Jeremiah 29:11) The Enemy says: You make terrible decisions. Your mind is a mess.God

Turning 40

So I turned 40 this week I knew it was coming I could see it bearing down on me And all I could do was stand there frozen Like a deer in the headlights I looked back on my life And all I could see was the following: Failed marriage Single Mom of 4 kids Obese Not exactly