5 Minute Friday
Who Are the Brave?
It is easy to trust what you can see. It’s right in front of you. There is little to question. It is easy to stick with something that is enjoyable or comfortable. In our pleasure, there is little reason to change. Yet what is noteworthy about having faith in the obvious or staying true to…
Does Your Friend Tell It to You Straight?
There are many ways to look at how we should live our lives. Some say follow your heart; do whatever you think is best; there is no right or wrong. Others declare life is short; live like there is no tomorrow. Still others hold to doing what “feels” best because “it’s nobody else’s business.” And…
What Are You Waiting For?
Toppling laundry. Overflowing sink. Neglected finances. Snarky responses. I don’t always like where I’m at, what I do, or how the day lays out. It’s not always pleasant. There are highs and lows. I make good choices and poor ones. My days are seldom neat and tidy—actually, I’m not sure they’re ever neat and tidy.…
Refresh the Promise of Your Salvation
The period after something special happens is often a time of letdown. The anticipation is gone. The high dissipates. Returning from vacation. The end of a favorite sport or yearly season. The days or weeks after Christmas or Easter. The aftermath of an inspiring conference. The completion of a job change or house move. When…
Incomprehensible Love
Who can really understand His love? Who, in their humanly finite mind, can begin to fathom the extent of what Jesus Christ did for us? The suffering He faced? Oh, we say we get it. We comment on how great a sacrifice it was. But how can we truly know the depths to which Jesus…
Remembering the Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
There are memories I’d rather not remember. I shove them deep down. Images of difficult people, scenes of poor choices, snapshots of hard times. On the flipside, there are those I don’t want to forget—ever. Time spent playing with my children; our nightly reading; the joy of each one’s birth; my wedding day, dinners out…
The One Thing That Brings Rest
Another day goes by in a blur. It ends with a to-do list that refuses to grow shorter. Doctor appointments to be made and attended. Bills to pay, and accounts to be balanced. A house to be cleaned. Clothes to be washed. Food to be made. Exercise to be done. Then there’s writing, editing, organizing,…
The Home That Will Never Become a Pile of Rubble
“Birds finish the nest with their own breast, so it is the bosom that makes the home, and not the bill or the claw.” —Henry Ward Beecher, Proverbs from Plymouth Pulpit Home—a place of beginning or familiarity. It is a powerful word. It brings a feeling of security and well-being, of love and comfort. I was…
The Secret of Ordinary
My life walks the line of ordinary. Nothing astonishing. I haven’t traveled the world. I haven’t spoken to thousands. I haven’t written a best-selling book that changed lives (or any book, for that matter). I haven’t given huge amounts of money or time to a life-altering cause. And I don’t have friends or family in high…
All We Can Ask of Any Mama
It must have been lonely—those long days of caring for little ones. No Internet. No cell phones. Few neighbors. Just Mama, Daddy and us six. And early on, Dad was often gone for work. It had to have been hard. Six children in 9 years. But what my mama did was pour her life into us. She…
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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