Suffering
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…
Live Brave: Release the Pain and Discover a Life that Matters
I could do quiet and inconspicuous. I could do a life of less. I could do the daily. I could even do hard. But God’s request that I do brave left me floundering. A young wife, I was content to live quietly in my own little community. A simple life centered on family didn’t seem too much to…
Finding Hope in a Roomful of Pain
We all experience it. Suffering, brokenness, heartache. None of us escape this world without some hurt in our lives. For parents of children with special needs, the pain is accentuated. It often lasts a lifetime as the parents struggle to understand and embrace their children and give them every opportunity at life. So you would…
The Truth about Pain and Redemption from My Daughter’s Parched Lips
We often shy away from what’s ultimately best for us because the process to get there hurts too much. But when we power through the pain, we discover healing and growth. Before Rachel turned a year old, she underwent surgery to have the cleft of her soft palate repaired. The recent confirmation that she had significant developmental delays only…
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…
It Is So Difficult (and Why Difficulties Must Exist)
It’s that time of year when our high school students are registering for next year’s classes. In the past years, it’s been uneventful for me. My boys knew what they needed and wanted to take. Now, I am deciding Rachel’s sophomore schedule, and it is eventful. You see, my daughter doesn’t have the understanding to…
When the Fire of Affliction Burns Intense
Flames consumed tuft after tuft of grass, eating up the acres as it engulfed everything in its path. A controlled burn had turned renegade. Furiously, we flapped and stomped on new embers that threatened to spread the fire even further. But the lapping flames and rushing wind seemed to mock our attempts. The intense heat…
What If Problems Are Really Plans?
Sometimes our troubles seem to be more than we can handle. They weigh us down. Strip us of any semblance of joy and peace. Have us wondering how we can go on one more day. No Problems? But have you ever considered that what you see as a problem may actually be a growth opportunity?…
From Hope-less to Hope-Full (Courage Amid the Fear)
“God doesn’t want us to simply endure life; he wants us to be free, to live a life of joy.” ~Jo Ann Fore, When A Woman Finds Her Voice When a dream begins to take shape in our lives, whatever shape that may be, we nurture it. We define the edges, add color and dimension…
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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