MaryBeth Eberhard
Catholic wife and mother of eight,
who loves our Lord, Mary,
and sharing prayers and thoughts on these pages.
Visitation Moments
Have you ever had a moment where you pause and sit in wonder at what is transpiring? Those moments where you feel the presence of the Holy Spirit so acutely. Or perhaps a moment shared with another where your heart is elevated to rejoicing at just being in each...
Be Heaven-Focused
One of the biggest temptations facing Christians today is that we are trying to live our heaven on earth. There are so many ways we are trying to ease the challenges placed before us, quench our thirst and/or fill the void that we feel inside; and yet, truly, there is...
Feeling overwhelmed? Water your roots
Spring is in the air and I am itching to do all the things: wash the windows, declutter the house, plant the garden, mulch. I am pondering where to start. Is it my cabinets? They certainly have platters and mixers and crock pots and bowls all ever so neatly and gently...
How we interpret words really does matter
There is a line in a song from the Broadway musical Wicked where one of the main characters, Elphaba, says, “Something has changed within me. Something is not the same. I’m through with playing by the rules of someone’s else’s game.” This stanza is playing on repeat...
Finding rest in the everyday
What is rest? My husband asked me the other day as we unloaded dishwashers and made the coffee early in the morning. Our to-do lists that day were longer than the hours available to complete half of the tasks listed and my text messages were incoming with more...
Offering All That We Have Can Be a Challenge Without Faith
I write to pray and often to process situations that I am encountering along this journey God has given me. The idea of writing under the tagline All That We Have initially was formed out of gratitude with a heart recognizing the blessings God has given this family....