Daily Living
You Are Not Enough (find security in the Lord)
We fool ourselves when we place our security in our own strength, skills, or knowledge. “I’ll push, you pedal, Rach,” I encouraged my daughter, “then we’ll make it.” By sticking with it, we did reach the top of that daunting hill and continue to do so quite often. Such perseverance is needed to complete many…
What Are You Willing to Do for the Lord?
“There are many of us that are willing to do great things for the Lord, but few of us are willing to do little things.” －Dwight L. Moody Have you ever desired to play a bigger role for the Lord only to discover you are already where He wants you? What brought you to that…
Where Do You See God’s Goodness?
“Is he – quite safe? I shall feel rather nervous about meeting a lion.” “Safe?” said Mr. Beaver. “Who said anything about safe? ‘Course he isn’t safe! But he’s good. He’s the king, I tell you.” – C.S. Lewis, from The Chronicles of Narnia Joy fills some days. Other days feel okay. However, there are…
To Be Intentional Doesn’t Mean To Do More (freedom of intentionality)
“All you have to do is decide what to do with the time that is given to you,” Gandolf the Grey, Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring I want to steward well the time God has given me. Yet too often it seems as if every second is prefilled for me. Work,…
As Christians, We Should Be Different
Are Christians distinct from nonbelievers in the way we live? In Mark 1:17, Jesus invites Simon Peter and Andrew to “Follow Me.” It’s our invitation as well. And when we accept that invitation and become His followers, we are saying we want to live as He lived, to take on His values, to serve Him…
Where Have You Placed Your Confidence?
The Christian life is not a “pull-yourself-up-by-your-bootstraps” kind of life. It’s a submit and surrender life of trust, where we place our confidence in our Lord. It’s a life where we acknowledge we are too weak to make it on our own, only to receive the divine strength to do it. This goes against my…
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.…
When You’re Facing a Strange Time In Your Life
“This is a strange time in our life,” I shared with my husband on a recent day away. He quickly concurred. A Strange Time Everything in our life is changing. Nothing is as it was, and nothing will be the same next year. Our children are striking out on their own, two already “adulting” hours…
Two Things To Do When Hard Lingers
Remembering God’s promises brings solace in the midst of the hard. All it took was a phone call. One call and the stress I’d been able to set aside for an entire glorious day came rushing back: a reminder that hard is never far away. Rachel (our precious 20-year-old daughter who functions on the level…
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…
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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