Tag Archives: Jesus

Hush.

Posted on February 19, 2020 by Just Stephanie

Yesterday was the worst day in my life, because it was the first time in 60 years that I’ve knowingly doubted the word of the God of Christianity. But I stumbled through that day, I slept, and I woke, in … Continue reading →

Posted in Facing the Monsters, The Year Called New (2020) | Tagged Crescendo, humans, Hush, Jackie Hill Perry, Jesus, Proverbs, silence, speak, worth the pain | Leave a comment

O Day of Peace 🕊

Posted on December 28, 2019 by Just Stephanie

Peace is a beautiful word. Many people hope for peace, long for peace, pray for peace. I join them. Come, Lord Jesus. “O day of peace that dimly shines, through all our hopes and prayers and dreams, Guide us to … Continue reading →

Posted in The Year of Light (2019) | Tagged Jesus, Jesus Christ, Josh Garrels, O Day of Peace, peace, Prince of Peace | Leave a comment

Christmastide ✨

Posted on December 25, 2019 by Just Stephanie

I’ve been in a rough patch since Thanksgiving, but it’s Christmas. Surprisingly, given my past struggle with the holiday season, I’m finding that I love Christmas, which makes no sense. I love the wonder, the light, the sparkle, the giving … Continue reading →

Posted in The Year of Light (2019) | Tagged beautiful, brilliance, children and excitement, Christmas, Christmastide, Emerald Hymns, giving spirit, gloria, glory, glow, Jesus, sparkle, wonder, Year of Light | Leave a comment

May You Find a Light 💡

Posted on December 18, 2019 by Just Stephanie

The Christmas Season. In the past, it weighed me down with its busyness, expense, and frantic pace. Not in 2019, and I can’t explain that, because this year represents the hardest time of my life. And yet… The light shines, … Continue reading →

Posted in Just Being Real, The Year of Light (2019) | Tagged 2019, busy, Christmas, Christmas season, expense, frantic pace, hard life, hard times, hard times at holidays, holiday wish, holidays, hope, illuminates, Jesus, Jesus Christ, Jesus Light, Josh Garrels, life, Light, light illuminates, Light of the World, light shines, love, May You Find a Light, one step at a time, Person of Jesus, pray, walking forward, wish, Year of Light | 2 Comments

Thankful 🍂

Posted on October 24, 2019 by Just Stephanie

Lessons. My grandfather Cooke used to say that one never graduates from the School of Hard Knocks. I think he was onto something. My brother Dave’s sudden death in early August taught me things. I try to get memos as … Continue reading →

Posted in A Thankful Heart, Just Being Real, The Year of Light (2019) | Tagged #beautifulcolor, #powersheets, 2 Corinthians 9:15, @laurabpilates on Instagram, abundance, air, alive, an indescribable gift, autumn, autumn colors, autumn leaves, birthday, breath, breathe freely, brother, Byrne Cooke, celebrate, Christianity, cinnamon, color, color gradient, cooler air, counting the gifts, Cultivate What Matters, Dan Bremnes, death, exhale, fall, Family, feel, For Sure No, from your core, get the memos, goals, God of the Bible, grandfather, grateful, honor, inhale, Jesus, John Crist, JOHNNYSWIM, Lara Casey, lessons, Let It Matter, Living God, matter properly, never a graduate, October goals, planner, Power Sheets, pumpkins, relish, savor, savor life, School of Hard Knocks, seasonal goals, spices, Thankful song, tiny victories, trust, Wherever I Go album, woodsmoke, yellow to orange to brown | Leave a comment

When the Lines Are Blurred 🧠

Posted on September 20, 2019 by Just Stephanie

It’s not just the physical that needs healing. Continue reading →

Posted in A Thankful Heart, Facing the Monsters, Just Being Real, The Year of Light (2019) | Tagged #evalove, #staystrongjohnnygrant, 2 Corinthians 5:17, accident, auto accident, blurred lines, brain injury, car accident, Carry On, Carry On song, Christian God, Detective Pikachu, Detective Pikachu movie, emotional, ESV, Eva Love Sherbondy, fall from a golf cart, Farmhouse Canvas Company, freak accident, fruit of the Spirit, fruitful, Galatians 5:22-23, God of Christianity, God's love, God's peace, hard, healing in hidden areas, holistic, I promise loud to carry on for You., I want more., inspiring, Instagram, Jesus, Jesus Christ, John Grant, Kygo, Laura B Pilates, Laura Browning Grant, laurabpilates, Led me through the deepest waters., Lindsay Letters Company, Living God, Lover of my soul, mental, miraculous healing, miraculous healings, miraculous results, Navy SEAL, NCV, New Century Version, personal application, physical, Pokemon, PokemonGo, progress, recognition, Rita Ora, spiritual, TBI, traumatic brain injury, unique challenge for the Christian, universe beyond the concrete, whole being, whole person, wisdom, worth it, You found me., You made me into something new. | 1 Comment

Purpose 🕊

Posted on August 18, 2019 by Just Stephanie

Yesterday morning, as I rose slowly, this song said it better for me than anything else. Just when I think I can’t get up off the floor to sweep up another shard from another thing shattered, God, the Lover of … Continue reading →

Posted in A Thankful Heart, Facing the Monsters, Just Being Real, My Miracle, The Year of Light (2019) | Tagged beauty from ashes, enemies, every day, Family, friends, God, Holy Spirit, Jesus, Join me?, journey, Justin Bieber, never give up, new mercy, new mercy every morning, pieces, present, Purpose, readers, Rise with me?, secret treasure, shattered | 1 Comment

Wrecked 💥

Posted on July 26, 2019 by Just Stephanie

This book, I found accidentally, but what a treasure. I love people and their stories, and Jackie Hill Perry’s is beautiful, on several levels. The College Guy told me to check out Hill Perry’s hip hop, which I did. This … Continue reading →

Posted in A Thankful Heart, Facing the Monsters, Just Being Real, My Church Story, My Miracle, People Stories, The Year of Light (2019) | Tagged As You Find Me, beautiful people stories, Gay Girl, Gay Girl Good God book, Good God, grace to spare for my mistakes, Hillsong United, hip hop, Jackie Hill Perry, Jesus, Keep wrecking me., My Miracle, neighbors, people, people and their stories, podcast, processing, that part just wrecks me, The Emerging Church, UPPERROOM, UPPERROOM Dallas, UPPERROOM podcast, worship, worship music, wrecked | 2 Comments

You’re My Person 👫

Posted on July 15, 2019 by Just Stephanie

My husband doesn’t read this blog, but he’s my person. We’ve got barnacles and we’ve got problems. Our family is a mess right now. But thanks be to the living God, the gospel is true. Grace is real, and boundless. … Continue reading →

Posted in A Thankful Heart, Facing the Monsters, Just Being Real, The Year of Light (2019) | Tagged always hope, anniversary, barnacles, boundless grace, east from west, Family, first love, gospel, grace, Happy Anniversary, husband, Jesus, love, mess, not condemned, problems, thanks be to the living God, true gospel, true love, wife | Leave a comment

Bare Bones: Three 🦴

Posted on June 27, 2019 by Just Stephanie

My bare bones theology now includes that God exists as three people. I know them, and I can’t deny someone I’ve met. There’s a father. There’s a son. And there’s a Holy Spirit. They’re all one God. Don’t ask me … Continue reading →

Posted in A Thankful Heart, Just Being Real, The Year of Light (2019), Theology | Tagged alive and free, Amy Carmichael, bare bones, bare bones theology, cemetery, God as Father, God as Holy Spirit, God as Son, Jesus, Jesus Christ, Mimosa Who Was Charmed, Phil Wickham, rising out of ashes, Theology, trinity, walking in a cemetery, Your Love Awakens Me | 1 Comment