Author Archives: Julie L Williams

Love letter to the hurting

My dear and beloved Friend, My heart goes out to you today.  I felt a deep longing in my soul to reach to you, an ache that is bringing me to tears.  I sense that you are going through a time of struggle.  I imagine that you are feeling a great pain, a burdening weight […]

Turn down the volume, reduce the noise

As I sit down to write this morning, let me tell you what I hear. The dryer is tumbling.  Mondays are laundry days for me.  I smile as I think to myself, yeah laundry is in progress!  You’ll be reading this on Tuesday, so I’m keeping my fingers crossed that the laundry will be finished […]

Thankful for tender times

As I sit here this morning, I am overwhelmed with the words whirling through my mind which I long to commit to the page.  It’s like there’s a beautiful snowfall of thoughts in my mind.  Like wonderful holiday snowflakes each thought is so lovely and I am like a kid who’s not coming inside because […]

Thank you for your faith

“We always thank God for all of you, mentioning you in our prayers.  We continually remember before our God and Father your work produced by faith, your labor prompted by love, and your endurance inspired by hope in our Lord Jesus Christ” 1 Thessalonians 1:2-3 “I thank my God every time I remember you.  In […]

Seasoned with salt, not pepper

“Let your conversation be always full of grace, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how to answer everyone” Colossians 4:6 Right now I am reading through Paul’s letters.  I am moving through them rather slowly so I can really savor them and meditate on them.  I so deeply desire that the words written […]