Persevere
How to Deal With the Hard Stuff (Spotlight on Faith Series 5)
“Sometimes we don’t know how brave we are. Brave often moves forward with knee knocks & heart thumps. Brave is about decisions. Let’s tackle hard stuff one step at a time. Then feelings will anchor with our wise choices & we’ll be amazed at what we accomplished.”—Patsy Clairmont The Hard Stuff I recently read about…
There Are Blessings in the Wait (it even led to signing with a literary agent)
Although anything but easy, wait time is some of our most important time. “But everyone else has one!” Our son tried this angle before. He didn’t want to wait to get a cell phone until he was driving. So he begged, he negotiated, he whined…anything to make his wishes come true sooner. I do the…
When You Have Nothing Left To Give
When you have nothing left to give, God provides. One morning not long ago I felt compelled to underline the word “again” several times, specifically in the Gospel of Mark. The instances referenced Jesus stopping to minister to people … again and again. “Jesus entered a house, and the crowd gathered again so that they…
What To Remember When Life Grows Complicated
I whispered it to my husband in the quiet of the night. A feeling that’s been haunting me for much of this year, growing stronger in recent weeks. “Life seems so complicated right now.” How I long for simpler days. Carefree days of exploring woodlands and floating rivers. Hours free to get lost in a…
3 Reasons to Endure (even when you don’t like the outcome)
We can do our very best and still experience unwanted outcomes. Life just rolls that way. Try as we might, our best efforts often fall short. No matter how hard we try to salvage relationships in our lives, some will end. No matter what we do to remain healthy, illness can (and will) strike. No matter how…
When Your Strength is Gone
There are times when I don’t think I can take another step, much less get through the day. Times when I carry burdens that threaten to defeat me. I’ve heard others express similar feelings. When struggles become great and we don’t understand why or can’t see a way out, our strength tends to fail us. It’s…
When Disappointment Threatens to Crowd Out Joy
A recent event sparked disappointment in a few of us in my family. It wasn’t a tragic event with life-altering consequences, but a time of discouragement and unrest. You know the feeling. A sense of longing for the opposite of what did happen. As I was processing this event, I realized competing camps battled for…
Getting There Is All About the Next Step
“The rewards for those who persevere far exceed the pain that must precede the victory.” —Ted W. Engstrom Each torturous stride brought me closer to home. Yet after several nights with little sleep and a fried brain, it was all I could do to push myself through my 30-minute wog (walk/jog). My body screamed fatigue.…
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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