Hope
Of Death and Life (Expectations: God will act)
What’s not to appreciate about spring? Sun warmth covers the earth during the days while the night’s coolness provides refreshing rest. New sprouts poke through an earth waking up from deep slumber. Buds unfurl, releasing their glorious colors to a renewed creation. In our earthly life, we must wait through a frozen winter or for…
Living in Shadowland [Temporary Home]
Have you ever felt like you are living a dream … or a nightmare? My son asked me about it the other day. And I had to admit, often my life seems surreal—and not always in a good way. It’s as if reality is dancing just out of sight. Around the corner. Over the hill.…
Seeing Imperfectly [Perspective]
On Fridays I like to link with The Gypsy Mama for 5 Minute Fridays where we write unhindered and unedited for 5 minutes straight—addressing a different topic each week. Only lately it seems I don’t get 5 minutes to write until Saturday morning. This week’s prompt, Perspective, is perfect for this time in my life.…
10 Ways To Be Encouraged [or more]
Let’s face it, some days are just plain miserable. But take heart, there is hope in that misery. Yesterday, while waiting for inspiration to strike for today’s post, I paged through my latest journal, hoping it would generate ideas. My journal (far from daily) is a record of thoughts, prayers, notes, and Scripture verses as…
Hope Renewed—Disability Through a God Lens
Your daughter has Velo-cardio Facial Syndrome (VCFS). The report was in. Our daughter had a lifelong disability. I held onto the words as the unusual gift they were: dreaded relief. Finally, what we’d been waiting two years for: a reason for Rachel’s global delays. In some ways it was a sentence. Almost a pronouncement of…
Essential Parts of the Orchestra [you and me]
They dance delicately in the breeze, brilliant yellow, snowy white. Leafy greens dare to be declared less lovely. Bees flit from blossom to blossom. An array of distinct splendors woven together into a tapestry of beauty. Each quite unique, different in the core of their being, but in concert, they sing a glorious chorus. Who…
Shrouded Perception
There wasn’t a good reason for my mood. But there I was. Surly, irritable, depressed, tearful. Feeling unloved and wishing to be elsewhere. My surgery had gone well, pain was minimal, family and friends were helpful and attentive, and the sun was out. Still, rays of light struggled to penetrate the fog of despair that…
Cry, “Abba, Father”
The word floated down the hall. A single word, spoken so soft and sweetly. “Mama.” One word that always melts my heart. One word that always draws me near. When Rachel voices it, it doesn’t matter what else I’m doing. My attention is arrested, drawn to her precious little face. On this eve as I…
Polished [5 Minute Friday Grit]
I don’t know many of us that are completely happy in our skin. If there is something we could change we would, and do. We look in the mirror and cringe at the reflection staring back at us. We reflect on the life we’ve lived and wonder how we got here. We weigh ourselves—every aspect—and…
Outgrowing the Terrible Twos
“But I want it!” echoes off the walls, the shrill voice cutting through any pretense of peace. With tears tracking down his cheeks, the red-faced little bundle emphatically makes his demands. A second, firm “No” sends him to the floor, legs and arms flailing. Any of us with children, have lived through similar tantrums by…
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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