Hope
When You Feel Helpless (beginning of healing & strength)
Feeling helpless—getting to the end of “me”—allows for the beginning of deep healing and supernatural strength. Doing It All From the very first diagnosis of a cleft palate on the day Rachel was born nearly 18 years ago, My husband and I began to do all we could for her. When our precious baby girl quit…
10 Reasons for Hope in a Hopeless Situation
Read very far into my blog and you’ll know what I believe. That no matter what kind of hopeless situation you find yourself in, there is hope! That may sound a bit simplistic and out of touch with reality for some. But it is truth! Now if I told you to have hope because I’m here… or…
Why We Can Have Hope in the Midst of Our Worst Circumstances
Sometimes life looks much different than we expect. Sometimes situations seem hopeless. Yet looks can be deceiving! We can have hold onto hope, even in our worst circumstances. The Worst Circumstances Job discovered this. (If you haven’t yet, you must read the book of Job!). He faced death of loved ones, destruction of his property: the worst…
The Joy of Christmas (yours year-round, even when circumstances are anything but joyful)
It’s not about us. Not really. We like to think it is. We like to think being happy and content is about us and how things are playing out in our lives. We often believe if only things would align the way we’d like, we would be satisfied. If-Only Lies If only our neighbor would quit…
Where To Find the Security You Long For #31DaysofPraise
“Why are you downcast, O my soul? Why so disturbed within me? Put your hope in God, for I will yet praise him, my Savior and my God.” Psalm 42:11 Security Storms will come. Darkness will threaten. Yet we always have hope in the Lord. He has secured victory. His light will one day chase away the last vestige of…
Hope is Found in the Steadfast Nature of God #31DaysofPraise
“Forever, O Lord, your word is firmly fixed in the heavens. Your faithfulness endures to all generations; you have established the earth, and it stands fast.” Psalm 119:89-90 The Lord is Steadfast I need to be reminded of God’s steadfastness. His word firmly fixed. His faithfulness enduring forever. His created earth standing fast! I need to…
Called Out of Darkness into Light #31DaysofPraise
“But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for His possession, so that you may proclaim the praises of the One who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light.” 1 Peter 2:9 Into His Light Trapped in the darkness of our sin, there is no hope, … but for the Lord. He wraps…
Why You Never Need to Despair #31DaysofPraise
“Have you not known? Have you not heard? The Lord is the everlasting God, the Creator of the ends of the earth. He does not faint or grow weary; his understanding is unsearchable.” Isaiah 40:28 At some point, we all grow weary in our days. And when life becomes burdensome, hope is easily missed. But we have an advocate…
Presenting a Rosy Picture of Life May Be Harmful
Every Thursday in the month of August, I’m giving away a book! Don’t miss this third giveaway in celebration of my 4-year blogging anniversary. Read all the way to the bottom to enter to win a Bible for a young lady in your life! Too often as Christians we believe life should be rosy, because…
Life Will Not Be Easy and Comfortable: the Way Suffering Is Good
It’s difficult to accept suffering as a given, but it is. Whether we like it or not, God allows it, even ordains it. Yet who doesn’t do everything in their power to avoid it? I did. I tried to convince God that our family wasn’t equipped to handle a child with special needs. I pleaded for…
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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