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Why Focus Is Important in Your Life and Mine
Running ahead of God leads to frustration and/or burnout. Lagging behind Him guarantees missed opportunities and growth. This is true no matter what area of life we’re talking about. In our relationships or with our finances, in our careers or in our ministries, the same truth applies. When we run ahead, we often experience trouble…
Learn the Art of Other-Centered Living (Listen, Love, Repeat review)
Proverbs 31 Ministries Author and Speaker Karen Ehman just released her new book, Listen, Love, Repeat: Other-Centered Living in a Self-Centered World. It’s a lovely, practical, creative guide to putting others first. And it has a simply wonderful message: listen well to love well and keep doing it. Yes, I want in! I Was Lost at…
When Serving Is a Chore Instead of a Delight
How often do I agree to do something for someone and then walk away muttering about it? How often do you? Our exchange wasn’t that different from the many my husband and I have each day. Yet for some reason, this one caught my attention. Drifting back to my desk, I reflected on what was bugging…
It’s Not All Yours To Do! (don’t miss your assignment)
A truth to imprint on our hearts: God has something He wants each of us to do, but He hasn’t assigned everything to any one of us. My list keeps getting longer. The weight on my shoulders keeps getting heavier. I often struggle under the load I place on myself. It is all good stuff.…
Your Service Matters; What You Do Has Value
Today we honor the men and women who gave their life in service to the United States of America. And rightly so. They deserve to be remembered. However, day to day, it can be easy to think we don’t have much to offer in the way of service, especially if we have health issues, are…
How Many Times Have I Missed Blessing Another?
My friend had been on my mind for quite some time. It had been weeks since she’d been moved to her new room in the memory-care wing and I had yet to see it. But that morning? That morning I had so many errands to run and lots of editing when I got home! My visit will…
Where Are You Called to Service, to Share God’s Love?
“In the Kingdom of God, service is not a stepping-stone to nobility: it is nobility, the only kind of nobility that is recognized.” ~ T.W. Manson One boy went one direction; his brother went another. One chattered animatedly about dinosaurs; the other made it his mission to receive a personal hi from everyone in the room.…
You Have a Lot To Offer; Don’t Excuse Yourself From God’s Plan
You and me — we have a lot to offer. I know it doesn’t always feel that way. In fact, for some of us it seldom does. But we do. God didn’t just birth us on earth to wander aimlessly. He has a job description for each person. Yes, you too. According to Ephesians 2:10, “we are His…
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…
Not Everything Is Yours (or Mine) to Do: 6 Steps to Being Intentional
Just because there is something to be done, does not mean it is yours to do. I’m finally tired enough of being tired that I’ve decided to use my “no” more than my “yes.” In this age of crazy busyness, it’s necessary to be intentional, and that requires saying “no.” It seems we all commit to…
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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