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Happy Fourth of July: Let Freedom Ring!

The Importance of the Fourth of July For all Americans, the Fourth of July should hold great importance. It’s a celebration of the freedom we have in this country. For Christians, it should take on even greater significance as we reflect on the Judea-Christian principles on which it was founded. However, a day set apart…

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Practice Gratitude, Even in Difficult Seasons

When difficult seasons present, it can be hard to practice gratitude. Yet giving thanks should not be optional.  A Hard Season I began writing this blog post three months ago. I started it with this paragraph: “My husband and I are in one of those seasons. Our vehicles continue to steal from our bank account.…

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The Death of a Loved One (with great love comes great sorrow)

I didn’t know how my daughter would process Mom’s death. Rachel and Mom shared a close bond, developed through all the years my mother would travel with us to doctor appointments. Everyone deals differently with the death of a loved one. With our girl’s small verbal vocabulary, none of us knew how she was dealing…

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Receive Joy and Peace (even when life hurts)

We can’t earn peace, joy, and security, nor can we find it in ourselves or our surroundings. But we can receive it, even in our most difficult seasons. Sunlight danced on the walls as I struggled to keep my eyes open. In those twilight moments between deep sleep and fully awake, a film reel kept…

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How to Deal With the Hard Stuff (Spotlight on Faith Series 5)

“Sometimes we don’t know how brave we are. Brave often moves forward with knee knocks & heart thumps. Brave is about decisions. Let’s tackle hard stuff one step at a time. Then feelings will anchor with our wise choices & we’ll be amazed at what we accomplished.”—Patsy Clairmont The Hard Stuff I recently read about…

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Wait on the Lord (Spotlight on Faith Series 4)

One of the greatest acts of faith is to wait on the Lord, trusting Him with an outcome that seems impossible. And He always comes through. We always seem to be waiting for something. Sometimes good things, sometimes difficult things. But the important thing is that we look to God in our waiting. When we…

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Believe, Even When You Cannot See

God uses our strengths, but just as effectively, He uses our weaknesses. And trusting Him in our weakness is living out our faith in its truest form. It’s saying we believe, even when things don’t look so promising. The easy, the comfortable, the known, that’s where we want to be … and stay. We don’t…

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Be My All, Lord! (He Is Enough)

Some mornings, I don’t have what it takes for the day, but the Lord does, and He promises to be enough for me and you, to be our all.  Light of Day Early mornings often bring me peace. As dawn ushers in a new day, the light begins to push away the dark: the promise…

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Chase Glimmers of Heaven When Life Becomes Less Than

Chasing glimmers of heaven can help us cope when life becomes less than we want.  Life hurts. We want to feel better, to make things better. So we attempt to do just that—on our own, through our own understanding and strength. By chasing the grander things.  We Tend to Chase the Grand Things Oh how…

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A Secret of Suffering That Provides Hope Amid the Hardship

Sometimes the pain of this life becomes stifling. We wonder if we’ll ever rise above it. But there’s a secret of suffering that provides us hope amid the hardship. The stories kept coming. One after the other, people shared anguished words of hard circumstances. A continued fight to survive after a multiyear-long battle with a…

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Julie Sunne

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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