Perspective
It’s Not Fair! (maybe that’s the greatest blessing of all)
When life doesn’t seem fair, it may be because it truly isn’t—and that might be the greatest blessing of all. Not Fair “It’s not fair,” I muttered as I walked past my husband, his feet up as he continued reading his book. I filled the water bottle for my daughter and glanced at him, my…
Shattered Dreams: How to Find Joy and Contentment There
Successfully navigating through our shattered dreams with contentment and joy means trusting the Lord and looking for His goodness in our current reality. It means we mine the gems we can’t readily see.
See God More Clearly: A Shift in Perspective (and Giveaway)
“When we follow God into the unknown, our expectations of his grace must become greater than our dependence on an answer.” —Abby McDonald, Shift: Changing Our Focus to See the Presence of God Although entrusted to me 18 years ago, I can hear the words as if spoken today: “You have to embrace the whole…
Where Do You See God’s Goodness?
“Is he – quite safe? I shall feel rather nervous about meeting a lion.” “Safe?” said Mr. Beaver. “Who said anything about safe? ‘Course he isn’t safe! But he’s good. He’s the king, I tell you.” – C.S. Lewis, from The Chronicles of Narnia Joy fills some days. Other days feel okay. However, there are…
When You’re Facing a Strange Time In Your Life
“This is a strange time in our life,” I shared with my husband on a recent day away. He quickly concurred. A Strange Time Everything in our life is changing. Nothing is as it was, and nothing will be the same next year. Our children are striking out on their own, two already “adulting” hours…
Why You Must Fight To See Goodness in the Midst of Your Suffering
Hard stuff can rip us apart if we let it, if we don’t see God’s goodness, but suffering doesn’t have to be joyless. In Press Into the Lord Now and Know a Confidence Not Even Death Can Shake, I wrote of the incredible pain I experienced in the death of my unborn children. In that pain, I…
When Discontentment Threatens, Look for the Beauty (It’s Always There)
Beauty often remains hidden … until we look for it. I love winter. (Now don’t hurl tomatoes, or something worse at your screen as you read this!) There are a number of valid reasons why I feel this way. I think you can relate to at least some of them: It’s generally a slower time…
Hope for When You’re in a Hard Place
Many of the hardest things in life prove to be the most valuable. It’s Hard! I once thought parenting would be easy. It’s not. Lately I’ve been thinking about how truly inadequate I feel for this job, even after nearly 23 years. I thought it’d get easier. And in some ways it has. Yet in other…
When Our Dreams Seem Too Big (live fully)
Sometimes the dreams God’s laid on our hearts seem too big to ever be possible. It’s then we know we’re walking by sight, not faith. I’ve learned much from raising a child who has significant disabilities. One lesson that stands out is don’t believe everything you see or are told. We often have false perceptions. Because perceiving involves observing,…
Sometimes We Need to See Differently (like these high school students did)
Sometimes appreciation only comes when we choose to see differently. Although my daughter is 18 years old, she speaks with the aid of an iPad. Rachel cannot tie her own shoes or completely dress herself. She has been diagnosed with significant intellectual and physical disabilities. There are many things Rachel cannot do without assistance. Yet, my daughter is…
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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