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Shattered Dreams: How to Find Joy and Contentment There
Successfully navigating through our shattered dreams with contentment and joy means trusting the Lord and looking for His goodness in our current reality. It means we mine the gems we can’t readily see.
Trust God’s Refining Grace (What We Need; Maybe Not What We Want)
God provides what we need, not necessarily what we want, and that’s a good thing. Trust Him to work for your good in and through the pain. Trust His refining grace. God’s Refining Grace If you would have asked me what I needed 30 years ago as a young wife, my answer would have been…
Learning to Let Go of What If and Embrace What Is
Circumstances can sure throw a wrench in the plans we make for our future. How we react when reality doesn’t match or expectations matters. Will we embrace it or wish it away? One = promise and hope, one = bitterness and hopelessness. On our wedding day, my husband and I didn’t give allot of thought…
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…
Find the Power You Need for a Chaotic Life by Being Anchored In (& a book review)
When my daughter was little, her “after school” future seemed far away. Not so anymore. We’re likely within a half year of that future being her present (although she “graduated” with her class last year, she is still attending classes). That thought is never far from my mind. I wake in the morning wondering what…
The One Thing a Strong Woman Needs To Remember
The danger of being a strong woman is forgetting where our true strength lies. My hand in hers, I bent over her bed and rested my head on a pillow. I slumbered fitfully, waking often to nurses entering the room or my daughter’s whimpering as she stirred, confused and in pain. For 3 days I…
Tears Water the Soil of Our Hearts
A natural crier, I often wish I could stop up the tears that seem to come so easily. Yet maybe it’s the tears we shed that water our parched hearts, preparing them to receive the seeds of growth God plants. Nineteen Years of Crying It seems I’ve been crying since the day my girl was…
Sometimes We Need to See Differently (like these high school students did)
Sometimes appreciation only comes when we choose to see differently. Although my daughter is 18 years old, she speaks with the aid of an iPad. Rachel cannot tie her own shoes or completely dress herself. She has been diagnosed with significant intellectual and physical disabilities. There are many things Rachel cannot do without assistance. Yet, my daughter is…
When the Unexpected Is Breaking You
God often uses the unexpected and the unwanted to bring about the best in our lives. But it requires us to let go first. Let go of our expectations. Let go of our perceptions. Let go of our perceived control. And then to open our hearts to receive the fullness of what He has for us.…
Where Are You Called to Service, to Share God’s Love?
“In the Kingdom of God, service is not a stepping-stone to nobility: it is nobility, the only kind of nobility that is recognized.” ~ T.W. Manson One boy went one direction; his brother went another. One chattered animatedly about dinosaurs; the other made it his mission to receive a personal hi from everyone in the room.…
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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