by Julie Lefebure | Jun 12, 2019 | #revive2019
Spring. It’s one of my favorite seasons. I can’t believe, however, that spring 2019 is slipping past us. How can it be June 12 already? Shouldn’t it be about April 1? Summer will officially be here next week. That seems impossible, but yes,...
by Julie Lefebure | Mar 24, 2019 | #revive2019, Encouragement
Funerals tend to put life into perspective for me. Coming face-to-face with my mortality shakes me up. Especially when the funeral is for someone I knew well. A loved one. A friend or family member. Someone I shared life with. And, when I hear spoken words describing...
by Julie Lefebure | Mar 18, 2019 | #revive2019
Emotions. I wonder how many we feel in a day. If we were having coffee together this morning and I asked you what emotions are you feeling, how would you answer? I’d share with you I’m all over the place this morning. I’m happy because this week is...
by Julie Lefebure | Mar 3, 2019 | #revive2019
Winter 2018-19. It’s been a wild ride. A never-a-dull-moment adventure. Not only in life in eastern Iowa, but in this life I’m blessed to live. Goodness! December, January, and February have passed, and rather quickly, I might add. January is my least...
by Julie Lefebure | Jan 17, 2019 | #revive2019
REVIVE. It’s my word for 2019. For the last number of years I’ve joined the #oneword world. Each January I spend time praying, listening, reading, and looking for what my word might be for that year. It never fails, one single word becomes clear to me as...
by Julie Lefebure | Jan 15, 2019 | #revive2019, Bring Your Own Bible and Beverage
I typically start my day reaching for my reading glasses as the sleep fog clears while I’m still in bed. I read from two devotionals. One of them this morning, from Chuck Swindoll, got me pondering. It was about how we respond when struck by an arrow of...