Author Archives: Julie L Williams
Light for Today
“There is a light at the end of the tunnel.” Have you ever heard this old adage? It seems to be most commonly used when someone is going through some challenging and dark circumstances. The tunnel, or darkness, is temporary and soon enough the circumstance will pass. At one particularly challenging season in my career, […]
The Full Extent of Love
What would it be like to be loved to maximum capacity? To have the full magnitude and measure of love poured over you until you were bursting? This morning my husband and I were doing a devotional at breakfast on John 13:1-17. It is the story of Jesus washing the Disciples’ feet. Here is the […]
Making it through Moments of Melancholy
Do you ever experience moments of melancholy? A feeling of pensive sadness that comes over you with no obvious cause? A woe or sorrow that just has your soul feeling downcast? If you do, you are not alone. I, too, experience moments of melancholy. Sometimes these feelings seem to drift in slowly. On other occasions […]
Tears, Snot, and Tissues
I cry. When my heart wells up with emotion, it tends to spill out through my eyes. Let’s just say that my heart tends to be a well spring that frequently pours over. I cry when I am sad, when I grieve, when I hurt, when I am upset, when I am happy, when I […]
More Than You Know
“Sometimes a small investment can radically change another person’s life.” Pastor Steve Norby. This is a line from the message my Pastor gave on Mother’s Day this spring. It really stuck with me. I am working hard to commit this line, not just to memory, but to the very heart of my daily life. It […]
PEP UP for Joy 