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Hold It All Loosely in Living and Dying
“Nothing was [ever] yours. At best, you had it on loan from God.” ~Andrew Budek-Schmeisser Life as a mom is interesting. You spend the first 12 years of a child’s life holding them close and then the rest of their life letting them go. Hardest Part of Living and Dying In the throes of the…
You Are Not Enough (find security in the Lord)
We fool ourselves when we place our security in our own strength, skills, or knowledge. “I’ll push, you pedal, Rach,” I encouraged my daughter, “then we’ll make it.” By sticking with it, we did reach the top of that daunting hill and continue to do so quite often. Such perseverance is needed to complete many…
Where Have You Placed Your Confidence?
The Christian life is not a “pull-yourself-up-by-your-bootstraps” kind of life. It’s a submit and surrender life of trust, where we place our confidence in our Lord. It’s a life where we acknowledge we are too weak to make it on our own, only to receive the divine strength to do it. This goes against my…
Why It’s Okay to Feel Ill-Equipped for This Season of Your Life
Not many of us feel equipped or prepared for the life we live. Whether we’re in the early stages of parenthood, handling singleness in our thirties, entering the empty nesting years, moving into retirement, or in the latter years of life, we seldom feel prepared for what we face and how we are to live.…
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…
Two Things You Must Do When Everything Is All Wrong
Even in the darkest days there is light. Even when everything is all wrong, there is hope. Even in the most tangled path, there is a way to joy. When It Is All Wrong Can I be honest though? I’ve felt hopeless. Not now, but years ago. I believed nothing good would ever come again.…
When You Beg God To Change Your Circumstances and He Doesn’t, Remember This
If we could only remember who’s in charge … and trust. How often we besiege God about something we desperately want! We beg Him to change our circumstances. We implore Him to bring something to fruition. Sometimes, however, God says no … or seemingly nothing at all. In Desperation … and Foolishness Still, we keep at…
Grow to Trust God Even More
God’s ways are often a mystery, but we can always trust they’re for our best. The Lord has filled the Bible with truth and instruction, insight and encouragement. It guides, convicts, informs, directs, exposes, empowers, saves…. It endures forever. Each morning I spend reading these inspired words of God. But I’m often amazed at the…
A Surprising Suggestion for When You Are Unable To Move Forward in an Area
Sometimes to move forward you must step back, occasionally even step aside. Paralyzed You may have noticed I’ve been rather quiet on this blog for a while now. It’s not that I don’t want to encourage you. In fact it has nothing to do with you and everything to do with me. I’ve been paralyzed…
Our Abilities Are Insufficient (why that’s okay)
A Christian’s influence should never be measured by her abilities but by God’s. These past few weeks have provided ample opportunity for me to experience my shortcomings in full color. I’ve struggled with major overload trying to juggle kid’s school events, doctor appointments, a heavy editing load, securing guardianship for our now-adult daughter, and trying to get…
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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