One Thousand (or more) Gifts
Permission To Be the Real You at Christmas (and Year-Round)
It’s December, and Advent, that time of preparation…and peace…of our hearts and minds. And my intentions are good. Letting go of some things. “Doing” less. “Being” more. That’s what everyone is agreeing to. So I do to. Yet for me, I say I’ll be, but I end up doing. And I grow frustrated: Oh, why…
Thankful for Unanswered Prayers?
Thanksgiving 2014 is over. But the memories linger on. Memories of the food, the fun, the fellowship. And hopefully, the acknowledgment of the past year’s blessings and continued gratitude for this year’s. In our home, we have a Thanksgiving tradition of sharing 5 things from the past year for which we are grateful. When the kids…
But I am only a… (When Faith Is Present)
“[God] needs no one, but when faith is present he works through anyone.” —A.W. Tozer One thing I love about reading the Bible is the truth I receive about who I am and what I can accomplish. Because often I don’t feel very accomplished or capable. And that would be an honest assessment, because none of…
Walk into the Future with Confidence
Each endless hard day and each sweet lovely day melded into one glorious period of about 14 years, when nothing seemed to change. Yet in reality, everything did. Those were the years when life swirled around my four children. Although there were difficult moments, for the most part I treasured raising littles. I cherished those late-night…
I Want To Suffer Well: Inspiring Stories of Being Met and Kept
Some of us suffer in our daily living, but die peacefully. Some of us walk a relatively easy earthly path but suffer in our dying. Some of us face both. As of late I’ve been exposed to more stories of suffering than usual. And it struck me that there are two ways to deal with…
How to Find the Peace You Desire
In Christian circles we talk a lot about our hearts. How our hearts can be led astray. How we need to guard our hearts. How we need God to transform our hearts. And for good reason. Just read the Lord’s strong caution against blindly following our hearts: “For out of the heart come evil thoughts, murder, adultery, sexual…
The One Thing I Hope My Children Remember About Me Above All Else
As a parent it is far too easy to get wrapped up in the daily happenings. Endless demands. Never-ending task lists. In each day’s busyness, the urgent gets our attention, and far-too-often the most important gets forgotten. [←Tweet this.] We work hard at being Supermom or Superdad, yet forget being Child of God is our first…
Two Little Words to Utter as You Grow Weary
Sometimes weariness builds over a long day or string of days. Sometimes weariness hits quickly, coming unexpectedly. The only thing certain is that it will come. We All Grow Weary We will all have moments we aren’t certain we can get through. Hours or days or months that drag us down like a ton of bricks. Why? Because…
Displaying Your Uniqueness for God’s Glory
God didn’t create me to act or look like someone else, but I’m often tempted to do just that. The other day I had to take the kids into school and run a couple quick errands before meeting my mother at our house. As I ran around, my mind kept skipping to Mom getting to…
How To Keep Expectations From Becoming Disappointments
Expectations can add to the joy of a much-anticipated event; however, they can also set us up for great disappointment. All through the pregnancy with my last son, I knew he would be a girl. I never had, nor wanted, a revealing ultrasound, but everything just felt right for the female gender. I already had two boys…
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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