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Life Will Not Be Easy and Comfortable: the Way Suffering Is Good
It’s difficult to accept suffering as a given, but it is. Whether we like it or not, God allows it, even ordains it. Yet who doesn’t do everything in their power to avoid it? I did. I tried to convince God that our family wasn’t equipped to handle a child with special needs. I pleaded for…
How To Be Brave When You Are Not
This life is not for the weak. Okay, maybe it is. We all want to be strong and be brave, but maybe that looks different then we thing. Whether we feel powerful or wimpy, life will at some point knock us to our knees. You can count on it. And the ones who can admit…
Find Peace in the Midst of the Messy (Michele Cushatt’s Undone book review & giveaway)
More often than not, life doesn’t roll the way we expect. Yet some of us (yes, I’m guilty), try to force it to conform to our belief of how it should be. We try to control the inner workings and the outcomes. We wear ourselves out by trying to reconcile our idea of what should be to the…
The One Thing that Remains, Even When Nothing Is Left
My heart aches for so many whose worlds are shattering into a thousand pieces today. Those who are walking through a dense fog that refuses to lift. Those for whom the next breath seems all but impossible. Because I understand. I’ve been there. I’ll likely be there again. Live long enough, and we all experience it: …
When Human Understanding Fails: Stewarding God’s Grace
I’m complaining about lack of snow and a messy house; she’s noticing the intriguing nuances of the gray sky. I’m wrestling over what to fix for supper; she’s wrestling with having the strength to be present for her littles. I’m praying for no flu or cold to strike; she’s praying for pain management so she…
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…
Remember This When Letting Go Is Too Hard
I cried and took pictures (not in that order) when my children went off to Kindergarten. In the last 15 years nothing’s changed much there, I still cry as each one moves on to a new stage. Letting go has been anything but easy for me. Although I’m grateful for the growth and maturity I…
When You Are In a Place You Never Want To Be (In Weakness)
“There comes a time when it takes more faith to fall apart with Jesus than to stay strong enough to stop it from happening.” Bonnie Gray, Finding Spiritual Whitespace I’m writing this post from a place I never want to be, a place I especially never want others to see. This is a place of brokenness…
Three Steps To Take When Nothing Makes Sense
What do we do with a child who can’t speak and will never live independently? What do we do with those babies we lost before our lips ever touched their velvety soft heads? What do we do with a horribly abusive childhood: parents who acted like enemies, neighbors who stole innocence, bullies who ridiculed and berated? What…
Seven Strategies for Raising Teenagers
It’s official! This morning I became the unprepared but grateful mom of four (yes, that’s 4!) teenagers. My youngest turned 13 today, and my oldest won’t be 20 until June 20. I’ve vowed to milk this next 2 months for all the sympathy I can get. 🙂 One would think that by now I’d have something profound to say about raising…
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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