Julie Sunne
Why Focus Is Important in Your Life and Mine
Running ahead of God leads to frustration and/or burnout. Lagging behind Him guarantees missed opportunities and growth. This is true no matter what area of life we’re talking about. In our relationships or with our finances, in our careers or in our ministries, the same truth applies. When we run ahead, we often experience trouble…
Let the Holy Spirit Lead and Be Empowered in Your Walk of Faith
Fingers poised over the keyboard, I said a silent prayer. Lord, give me the right words to say. Not my words but yours. This email would go to my state representative, addressing an issue near and dear to my heart. I desperately wanted to change this man’s mind … actually his intended vote. According to…
How to Better Understand and Address Our Culture (review of “Saving Truth”)
My highest calling as a mother is to point my children to the truth … the Truth. To show them the right path. To encourage them to stay on that path. It takes intention … but intention isn’t enough. I have to know what the truth is and find the best ways to impart it. …
Three Ways to Love Big When You Feel You Have Little to Give
If you are coming from reading my devotion at Proverbs 31, Encouragement for Today, welcome (if not, click here to read it)! I’m so glad you are here. I invite you to linger, explore a little, be encouraged, and offer encouragement in the comments where you are able. And if you like what you read,…
Why We Shouldn’t Hide All Our Imperfections
“I am careful not to confuse excellence with perfection. Excellence I can reach for; perfection is God’s business.” —Michael J. Fox As we drove toward our destination, my friend and I shared about our failures to exercise restraint in a certain area. It was a refreshing conversation. Imperfections and Faithful Too often our failings are…
Do You See God’s Guidance as an Interruption? What Do Your Actions Show?
Sometimes we see guidance and an interruption without realizing it. Sometimes we do this with God. I repeated myself for the third time. “Rachel, put that down. Come and sit.” She nodded, yet remained standing. A far-off look in her eyes told me she may have heard, but she certainly wasn’t listening. The iPad-mini audiobook…
The Most Merciful Thing Ever Done (mercy that changed everything)
“God’s mercy is so great that you may sooner drain the sea of its water, or deprive the sun of its light, or make space too narrow, than diminish the great mercy of God.” – Charles Spurgeon In John 13:1-19, Jesus washed the feet of His disciples before the Last Supper—even His betrayer. What humility!…
What Makes Jesus’ Death and Resurrection So Amazing?
“Was it for crimes that I had done He groaned upon the tree? Amazing pity! Grace unknown! And love beyond degree!” ~Isaac Watts Every time I thought about her and what she had done to me, anger bubbled up. She hurt me. I knew I should forgive her, but honestly, I didn’t want to. That’s…
Why You Must Fight To See Goodness in the Midst of Your Suffering
Hard stuff can rip us apart if we let it, if we don’t see God’s goodness, but suffering doesn’t have to be joyless. In Press Into the Lord Now and Know a Confidence Not Even Death Can Shake, I wrote of the incredible pain I experienced in the death of my unborn children. In that pain, I…
Press Into the Lord Now and Know a Confidence Not Even Death Can Shake
When you grow to know the Lord, His character and His promises, you develop a confidence not even the worst tsunami can sweep away. I lost my first baby at around 10-week’s gestation and had no anchor to keep me from being swept into the tsunami of grief. Nothing. Nada. Oh, sure, I believed in…
Hello, I'm Julie, an imperfect wife and mother of four. Life in this broken world is not always easy. Yet, joy can be found in each day through the grace and mercy of the Lord Jesus Christ.
I find it's easy for our day's blessings to get lost in its happenings. But God's "mercies never end" (Lamentations 3:22) and His "grace is sufficient" (2 Corinthians 12:9).
May the posts and pages on this site offer you a measure of peace and encouragement.
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