by Julie Lefebure | Mar 25, 2020 | #open2020, Real Life
In yesterday’s post I shared three reasons why I believe God is not surprised at the outbreak of COVID-19: God is God, God is perfect, and God is good. Today we’re zeroing in on the last of those three and how I believe God is bringing good from what...
by Julie Lefebure | Mar 24, 2020 | #open2020, Real Life
Well, friends, here we are. It’s likely we’re all a bit surprised these days. Surprised to find ourselves doing things we never expected to do. Seeing things we never thought we’d see. And, surprised to say words we never expected to say. We may even...
by Julie Lefebure | Mar 23, 2020 | #open2020, Real Life
Sometimes we don’t know how good we’ve had it until it’s absent. Until it’s not there anymore. As the saying goes, “Absence makes the heart grow fonder” (Thomas Haynes Bayly). Whether that’s a person or a thing or a place, we...
by Julie Lefebure | Mar 21, 2020 | #open2020, Real Life
So, here we are at the end of a crazy week. Probably the craziest week I’ve ever experienced! COVID-19 has surely turned life upside-down for us all. We’re all trying to find our way through the maze of emotions, news feeds, and reality. Two things are for...
by Julie Lefebure | Mar 20, 2020 | #open2020, Real Life
Scrolling through my Facebook feed last night, my friend, Rhonda’s, post stopped my scroll. With her permission, I’m sharing it. It read, “Calm is Contagious.” I’ve had plenty of moments in the last week when calm wasn’t the word...
by Julie Lefebure | Mar 19, 2020 | #open2020, Real Life
You know, sometimes the best thing we can do is to simply do the next best thing. Maybe you’re a little like me. When you wake in the morning, it feels like a normal day. Morning fog begins to lift as you try to recall what day of the week it is. Then,...