Endurance
When Your Strength is Gone
There are times when I don’t think I can take another step, much less get through the day. Times when I carry burdens that threaten to defeat me. I’ve heard others express similar feelings. When struggles become great and we don’t understand why or can’t see a way out, our strength tends to fail us. It’s…
Questions to Ask on the Journey to a Beautiful Heart (& the Hope that Follows)
If we let the Lord work in our lives, He’ll guide and shape us, creating in us a beautiful heart. I was certain I was a good person. I knew I’d also be a good wife and a great mother. In those early years of marriage, I never thought I needed to change. And quite…
When You Want What Is Not Yours to Have (pursuing contentment)
This is an excerpt (with a few tweaks) from a post I wrote to my sisters-in-Christ who are attending the Proverbs 31 She Speaks Conference this week. I thought it might be insightful and encouraging to some of you as well. On the eve of another She Speaks conference, I’m finding myself once again not…
She Harbors Untold Treasure in Her Twilight Years
In the twilight of her years, how often does she wonder what she has to offer? How often does she think she’s done little and now has even less to give? Twilight Years Hold Great Treasure When she tells you she’s over the hill, don’t you believe it for a minute! She harbors untold treasure. It…
From Ordinary to Extraordinary (A Lesson in Courage)
There wasn’t anything extraordinary about Corrie Ten Boom. She didn’t possess inordinate strength. She wasn’t a genius. Her nerves weren’t made of steal. She didn’t come from a royal lineage or court those in great authority. She hadn’t practiced courage so she’d be better prepared to hide Jews and for what she’d face in the…
Is It Time To Change Your Perspective?
A year ago today, I lay on an operating table. It was the day I had my ACL repaired (actually replaced). Fifty-two weeks, 365 days later I’m preparing to do what I couldn’t then—attend my children’s parade of bands concert. Missing that concert that night was a precursor to months of missed opportunities, painful nights,…
How To Laugh and Live Through Your Winter Season
Are the weight of your days crushing you? Do you feel like you are stuck in a bleak, barren winter season? It doesn’t have to be that way. There is hope. Even a frozen seemingly lifeless wasteland has purpose. In 2004, I implemented our family’s first annual Winterfest. It’s goal? To demonstrate the joy that can come…
You Are Not in Control [a letter to myself]
Bonnie Gray at Faith Barista is hosting her first faith jam in 5 months. Won’t you join me as I link up with the “jam” to write a letter to a younger me about “What I Know Now” when it comes to the faith journey? ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ Dear Julie, Life…
Find Soul Rest in the Shelter of God
When you get tired where do you long to rest? Evening With Friends Yesterday, some friends of ours hosted an evening get-together to celebrate a retired couple we rarely see. Grilled hamburgers and brats; relaxation on a still, shimmering lake; and valued reconnections—the evening glowed with the beauty of friendship. Our tweens, teens, and young…
He Is Enough
Yesterday, I traveled across the country to beautiful North Carolina to attend my first-ever writer’s/speaker’s conference: She Speaks. From everything I’ve been hearing, it is a wonderful conference imparting a wealth of information, love and encouragement. The conference hasn’t even started yet, and I’ve met some beautiful new friends who love the Lord and feel…
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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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