Life
Releasing
Daniel, our firstborn, is a high school senior! Wow, does that trigger conflicting feelings. Intermingled with the excitement for what God has in store for him, is an acute sense of loss as I anticipate how our family will change with him living many hours away at college. As I reflect on his life, pictures…
Passing It On
Occasionally, I think about the kind of legacy I will leave behind when God decides it is time to take me home. Some of you may say that is morbid. Really, it is just following the Boy Scouts of America motto of “Be Prepared.” (Yes, my boys are scouts!) The fact is we all will…
The Race for Life Begins
If you have ever experienced the birth of a baby, you know what an incredible event that is! It is truly amazing, a miracle of the greatest magnitude, when 23 chromosomes from a father join with 23 chromosomes from a mother to form a unique, new biologic entity (embryo) that has a gender and is…
His Story, Not Mine (Choose to See)
Grammy and Dove Award winning recording artist Steven Curtis Chapman and his wife, Mary Beth, had an unimaginably hard choice to make in 2008. May 21 of that year, their 17-year-old son Will drove into their driveway and struck their youngest daughter, 5-year-old Maria, killing her. This incredibly painful time led them to a crossroad:…
Sometimes Miracles Hide
I love this song! Every time I listen to it I cry. Preparing ahead of time doesn’t help. I even warned the boys and my mother the last two times, but the tears still streamed down my face. It isn’t that negative feelings envelop me, and I am not giddy with happiness. I think that…
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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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