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We Have a Message to Share (Spotlight on Faith Series 3)
God has given us a message to share. It’s good news, the best news ever in fact! So why is it so difficult to tell others about the freedom we can have from sin? If we truly believe that Jesus is the only way to heaven and that through Him people will be set free…
Why It’s Okay to Feel Ill-Equipped for This Season of Your Life
Not many of us feel equipped or prepared for the life we live. Whether we’re in the early stages of parenthood, handling singleness in our thirties, entering the empty nesting years, moving into retirement, or in the latter years of life, we seldom feel prepared for what we face and how we are to live.…
Every Christian’s Purpose (no need to keep looking)
“The purpose of life is a life of purpose.” ― Robert Bryne Have you ever questioned your worth? Your purpose? Why you were born into this world in the first place? I have. And more than once. What do you have in mind for me, Lord? Why bring me this far only to allow everything to…
Are You Shouldering a Burden That Is Not Yours To Carry?
When my youngest recently broke his thumb, I took him to an orthopedic surgeon to fix it. When one of my children scraped a knee or elbow, I grabbed some ointment and a band-aid to fix it. When my computer quit connecting properly this week, I called the technician to fix it. I find comfort in…
You Have a Lot To Offer; Don’t Excuse Yourself From God’s Plan
You and me — we have a lot to offer. I know it doesn’t always feel that way. In fact, for some of us it seldom does. But we do. God didn’t just birth us on earth to wander aimlessly. He has a job description for each person. Yes, you too. According to Ephesians 2:10, “we are His…
Three-Year Anniversary Giveaway – God is Gracious & Good!
{Be sure to stay with me all the way to the end for the Giveaway!} It’s sometimes difficult to be vulnerable. Sometimes people miscontrue the meaning of my words. Sometimes I feel like I have nothing to write. And sometimes I don’t know how to write what I know. Yet it’s also been a great blessing in many…
When You Have Nothing To Offer You Really Have Everything To Give
It was but a few years ago I made the hesitant decision to be a writer. To be an encourager through my words. And it’s been wonderful and not so wonderful, easy and difficult, satisfying and anxiety-ridden. I stepped in that direction because I felt God calling me there. But often I wonder, “Did I…
For Such a Time as This … Are You Being Called To Act or Grow?
Sometimes we get ahead of ourselves. More accurately, we get ahead of God’s plan for our lives. Sometimes God gives us a vision for the future, and in our impatience we claim it for now. The Lord may place passion for a ministry in our hearts long before He gives us the means or the…
Why You Should Persist in the Uncomfortable
“I love being a housewife and mother,” I said to my husband. This declaration came in the midst of a long, hot day of blanching and cutting sweet corn off the cob. Even after 9 hours and 40 quarts, I remained committed to my statement. I still do. I love mothering. I love cooking and baking for…
There Are Times to Stay
We’ve spent a couple years trying to teach our young black lab Kaia to sit at her kennel door until we command otherwise—with limited success. She doesn’t want to wait to move into action. It has been frustrating, but then I do a similar thing. I often jump headlong into an activity before adequately considering whether…
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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