Single Parents

Whether it’s your year to send the kids off to be with Dad or you’re planning a quiet dinner at home with you and your children, it is my prayer for you this Thanksgiving that the Lord reminds you of His faithfulness, surrounds you with an uplifting single mom community and that His Spirit cultivates in you a thankful heart this season and the whole year through.

So what’s the big deal? You’re single and you’re a mom––but girl’s just wanna have fun, right? What if I told you––wrong?

More often than not, in our quest to measure up to everyone’s standards, we forget that we’re not made of steel...at the expense of our physical and mental health, not to mention the adverse impact it has on children.

Since you know everything that's coming in and what's going out, you can determine where you can make immediate changes. Even taking those small steps to reduce something feels empowering.

The best friend and companion you need right now is God, and the best way to invite Him in is to show a willingness to be intimate with Him.

God is more interested nurturing your children than you are. This is a promise from the Lord: “The Lord is a father of the fatherless.”

Single moms are much more than a list of mistakes. They need our love not judgment. And just like the rest of us, they need biblical direction and Jesus.

God’s Word is living because its author is living. Children grow up, life moves on, but God’s Word always soothes our fragmented places.

3 reasons your heavenly Father lovingly wants you to abstain from sex outside of marriage, even as a single parent.

We can choose to love like Jesus and enter into the deep and hurting areas of the life of a single mother.

Single parenting is not for the weak. Everything, yes, that’s right, everything falls on your shoulders… especially when your kids are young.

Because holding on to what’s true in the middle of any confusion is always best, here are 7 loving truths single parents need to hear, and Scriptures that prove they are true.

When you’re the cook, the cleaner, the taxi driver, and everything else, there’s lots of room for wise parenting to be overlooked.

You can’t help but feel a sense of loss when everyone else is celebrating their own relationships.

Moms see every scary and frightening change, yet they love so much and raise their children to care and love. Single moms are amazing, and we need to be thankful for all that they do.