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When the Unexpected Is Breaking You
| Daily Living, Disability/Special Needs, Struggles, Suffering, surrender, trust
God often uses the unexpected and the unwanted to bring about the best in our lives. But it requires us to let go first. Let go of our expectations. Let go of our perceptions. Let go of our perceived control. And then to open our hearts to receive the fullness of what He has for us.…
Read More Be a Faithful Witness to Your Script: “And It Was Beautiful” (a review)
| Book review, Daily Living, giveaway, Hope, joy, Peace, Struggles, Suffering
When I stumbled on Kara Tippett’s blog several years ago, I couldn’t get enough. Drawn in by the vulnerable yet hope-filled updates of her battle with terminal cancer, I drank deep of the wisdom God imparted to her through her suffering. I wrote a review of her first book written in the midst of her…
Read More Why You Should Never Suffer in Silence
| Hope, One Thousand (or more) Gifts, Struggles, Suffering
By hiding our suffering, we suppress the evidence of God’s faithfulness as well. Recently a lady who is going through a terribly difficult season confessed her feeling of isolation. She said she knew others cared and at times became overwhelmed with the love offered to her family. Yet at other times she felt like she was all alone on…
Read More Find the Strength to Take the Next Step (review)
| Freedom, Hope, One Thousand (or more) Gifts, Struggles, Suffering
“Joy has nothing to do with the position of your body and everything to do with the posture of your heart.” —Rachel Wojo, One More Step Stuck Deep, dark sorrow met me as a twenty-something. In the loss of my baby’s life, I refused to believe there was any hope left. So I remained frozen in…
Read More Your Scars Matter (in your life and in the lives of others)
| Authenticity, Faith, Healing, Jesus Christ, Stories, Struggles, Suffering, trust
Our scars matter. They testify to the faithfulness of God. Scars Matter Boys are often fascinated by scars. They display them. They brag about them. They compare them. They create stories around them. My oldest was born with an arm anomaly that left him with a stunted left arm and prominent scars. Nearly 22 years later, we still…
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When You Feel Helpless (beginning of healing & strength)
| Hope, Rachel, Receive, Struggles, surrender, Weakness
Feeling helpless—getting to the end of “me”—allows for the beginning of deep healing and supernatural strength. Doing It All From the very first diagnosis of a cleft palate on the day Rachel was born nearly 18 years ago, My husband and I began to do all we could for her. When our precious baby girl quit…
Read More Why You Need a Re-Attitude Plan of Action
| Redemption, Struggles, Thankfulness, Worship
Some weeks you wish you could do over or skip altogether. I’m not sure which category last week fell into, but it wasn’t easy. For most of January my daughter has not been feeling her best. Her school behavior has reflected that. The most frustrating part is I can’t quite pinpoint what is causing her…
Read More When the Scene Unfolding in Your Life Story Isn’t the One You Would Script
| Daily Living, Struggles, Transformation, trust
Our life story will have hardship and conflict, and although it’s hard to accept, it really is for our best. We all enjoy a good story. One in which there’s a main character we can identify with, a plot that captures our attention, and an ending that leaves us smiling. (Okay, well that is how…
Read More When Receiving God’s Best Looks Too Hard
| Abundance, One Thousand (or more) Gifts, Receive, Struggles
I want to receive all God has for me; I just want it to be what I want and easy to get. As I wrote earlier, my One word this year is Receive. I’ve come far enough on this journey of life to know I want what God wants for me. Rejecting God’s Best The problem…
Read More Are You Missing the Grace Because It Is Masked by the Hard?
| Daily Living, Grace, One Thousand (or more) Gifts, Struggles, Suffering
I struggle with certain people, but those relationships are actually good for me. I would rather certain circumstances not happen, but in the end, they are exactly what I need. It’s what I call “hard grace.” Those things we’d rather not do or walk through, but must. Those people we have trouble being around, but need to.…
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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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