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Why You Should Consider Taking the Mercy Challenge
“Because of the Lord’s faithful love we do not perish, for His mercies never end. They are new every morning; great is Your faithfulness!” (Lamentations 3:22-23) Lamentations 3:22-23 is one of my favorite verses. His faithfulness poured out for me. Never-ending. Even as I can’t fathom such a thing, I also can’t get enough of it. I find its…
The Real Truth About Your Story: 3 Things You Want to Know
For years I thought my story was mine. It was mine to plan, mine to live, mine to tell about. And I treated it as such. Yet although my plan looked great in my mind and on paper, it didn’t play out the way I intended. Not at all. My story took on far too much…
The Fine Art of Being a Christian and a Strong Person
My friends and I have discussed the difficulties of being a strong woman. We take charge, trying to do it all and asking for help as a last resort. That determination serves us well to a point. We are dependable and self-motivated and maybe not as likely to just “follow the crowd.” However if we’re…
Six Reasons Not to Fear Growth
Although the means to obtaining it is not always desirable, growth is a wonderful end result. Growth occurs best when well watered, pruned, cultivated, and fertilized. Often requiring great effort and involving pain or discomfort. I’m fine with putting in effort, but I prefer to avoid the pain and discomfort part. Yet growth is the word I…
Walk in the Freedom of Christ: the Power of a Letter-Prayer
On New Year’s Eve, my friend Bonnie Gray, the Faith Barista invited us to write a letter to God, a letter-prayer, a conversation of listening and expressing. I’ve found these exercises to be therapeutic and focusing, so I filed it away to complete as time allowed. Since the time my big guys are home from…
When the New Year Doesn’t Seem So Fresh and New
The New Year has launched, last year has faded: things undone and mistakes made are left in the past. Each one buried under fresh grace. Redo Oh, the glory of the redo! This year dawns bright and promising. Each moment is waiting to be filled with steps of love and beauty, peace and purpose. Yet the…
Growth: My 2015 One Word and Why I Hesitated Choosing It
This post was supposed to be written last Wednesday, in time for New Year’s Day, then Friday, the day after New Year’s. But I couldn’t write it. Every time I tried, one thing stopped me: I didn’t want to accept the One Word I feel compelled to adopt for 2015. This will be the fourth…
When Human Understanding Fails: Stewarding God’s Grace
I’m complaining about lack of snow and a messy house; she’s noticing the intriguing nuances of the gray sky. I’m wrestling over what to fix for supper; she’s wrestling with having the strength to be present for her littles. I’m praying for no flu or cold to strike; she’s praying for pain management so she…
A Gift that Changes Everything & Brings Fullness of Hope
There wasn’t much I could do but hold the sobbing woman. Uncomfortably shifting from one foot to the other, I assured her of God’s love for her, despite her lurid past. This was out of my comfort zone, like way out in a different country. Yet it was what this dear sister needed. It’s really what…
In the Beginning … and Always: Light and Life #shortburstsofencouragement
“In the beginning was the Word” (John 1:1). But interestingly, in the beginning, darkness also existed: “in the beginning … the earth was formless and empty, darkness covered the surface of the watery depths” (Genesis 1:2a). But glory, that’s not all! The Creator and Essence of Light (the Spirit of God) hovered above that darkness (Genesis 1:2b). …
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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