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The Best Way to Busy Yourself in the Waiting In-Between

I was talking with a girlfriend last week about these last waiting-weeks for baby girl. I knew that the end would be the hardest – when we are so close, and it still feels so far out when my body is crying mercy daily. But what I didn’t expect was the January effect on top...

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A Different Kind of Fear for When the Anxiety Takes Over

I was on the couch with Josh the other night when it happened. Out of nowhere, a memory began to play untriggered, like the movie reel we were sitting there watching. And the words started spilling out of me. So much so that I was suddenly bored with the movie and went upstairs to scribble...

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TuRhondaJanuary 13, 2020 - 3:58 am
Glory to God! As I read your words this morning, I’m grateful that the promises of God are yes and amen! So, I say “Lord, let it be to me according to Your Word.” And I stand patiently waiting to see His glory poured out again and again. Thank you Jane for your words of faith!! ReplyCancel
Angie DuncanJanuary 13, 2020 - 5:04 am
Thank you for sharing a very raw time of your life. I think we all face and hold our breath over some personal fears. Thank God that He sees past all that and into our troubled yet beautiful hearts.ReplyCancel
ElizabethJanuary 13, 2020 - 5:12 am
The words “…after the trials…He gives us rest.” This gives me encouragement today. Thank you for your beautiful words and for sharing them. ~e~ReplyCancel
JanieJanuary 13, 2020 - 5:14 am
Thank you for your BEAUTIFUL message this morning. My family is in the waiting and hoping season for a different sort of miracle. Our son had a VNS implant for seizures on 12/30. It will be activated on 1/22/20. Praying for a journey of healing from seizures. ReplyCancel
Michelle LinquistJanuary 13, 2020 - 5:52 am
God spoke to me through your words, thank you so so much for obeying Him and writing them. I am in a season of waiting for miracles and He has spoke to me to trust and believe Him. It seems so simple but it can be the hardest. ReplyCancel
DebbieJanuary 13, 2020 - 6:52 am
Needed this this morning , Jane. Thank you! Waiting on my miracle because it is in Him I move, and live and breathe.ReplyCancel
Jacqueline RaffaJanuary 13, 2020 - 6:59 am
I was just wandering around the mall, askinging God for help. Telling Him how much I need Him and how hard it is to continue to believe for our baby after so much heartache – so many bad test results. I sat down in one of those massage chairs (it’s early/empty enough to make it less weird) and opened up my email, which is special because emails aren’t my go-to in my down time and there was this one from you, Jane. I’m most likely not the only person who needed to read these words but I’m definitely one of them. Being guided to this post is a sweet reminder of all how our sweet Lord is truly in all the details. Thank you so much for so beautifully sharing your testimony of God’s promises… it was exactly the help that I needed today.ReplyCancel
MorganJanuary 13, 2020 - 7:29 am
Wow! As always Jane, you provide the words my Spirit didn’t even know it needed. Thank you!ReplyCancel
Dianna HansenJanuary 13, 2020 - 7:49 am
Loved the post! I will display what I cite below in my office as a constant reminder, especially on days when I am a bit empty:
Take heart. God not only hears you, He sees right through to the raw and maybe afraid-to-hope core of you. And into that core that feels a little empty? He’s speaking words of hope. ReplyCancel
LindseyJanuary 13, 2020 - 2:16 pm
I absolutely love your writing and I feel God’s peace and presence just by reading your blog. He is so faithful. Thank you for sharing your journey with usReplyCancel
AubreyJanuary 13, 2020 - 2:48 pm
Thank you for sharing your heart. It brings tears of pain but also of hope and joy all at once – Knowing God is in the waiting of all things. ReplyCancel
HannahMay 11, 2020 - 10:19 am
your blog posts are healing…healing for the soul. thank youReplyCancel

Embracing a New Identity After the Death of a Business

A funny thing happened on New Year’s Eve. I’m usually not one to be given over to jealousy as I do the social media scroll. But the flood of “look at what God has done with my business in the last ten years” posts started to get to me. Hard and fast. In that sucker-punch...

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Cindy BrowningJanuary 2, 2020 - 1:42 pm
All I could think while reading this post is..”to everything there is a season, a time for everything under the sun” …and God always says no for a better yes! I agree wholeheartedly with your friends comments about motherhood…there is no greater thing in my life I would ever wish to do besides the 33 years I’ve spent mothering…NO REGRETS! I have moments I wish I had been better at mothering..but I DO NOT regret 1 single second I spent being a full time mother! You are precious, all you sweet mothers…and God is not done with you when you leave anything to be a mom…as a matter of fact, I believe that’s just when He gets started!! ReplyCancel
- Jane JohnsonJanuary 2, 2020 - 1:51 pm
  I love this. Thank you so much for your words. ❤️ReplyCancel
Sara WilsonJanuary 2, 2020 - 5:27 pm
I love this SO much! Thank you so much for sharing this with us. Because we feel it too. The comparison trap is out there on social media and it is very, very tough. When people try so hard to paint a perfect, “I have it all” image online, it honestly makes me feel very nervous. And I also think to myself, “That would be absolutely exhausting and stressful to keep up.” I worry about my kids in this “more, more, more” society where it feels like we should always be striving for bigger and better things or accomplishments. I would rather appreciate the small things that make me happy and I don’t want to take part in the competition. My family lives in one of the wealthiest counties in the country. Yet we live in one of the smallest homes and we haven’t been to Disney yet (while it seems everyone else goes yearly). We have two boys (one is our rainbow baby) and constantly are told that we “need” to have a girl. I suddenly realized that it’s “never” enough for the outside world. But what matters is what I see in my family and home. I often think to myself, “What would really count if no one really had a look into my life except for the people in it?”ReplyCancel
AlyciaJanuary 2, 2020 - 5:50 pm
Yes girl. Ever word. Love you! XoxoReplyCancel
SimiJanuary 4, 2020 - 3:51 am
Thank you for the vulnerability of this post Jane. You are such a blessing and have again blessed me by sharing the real situation and thoughts you were experiencing. Reading this has caused me to now think back to what i was asking the Lord for at the beginning of the decade… i guess it is time to go dig up my journals and look. Blessings for the new year and decade… so excited for all your miracle babes… such a testimony to God’s faithfulness!!!!!ReplyCancel

The Weary World Rejoices

I stitched Jonathan’s name on his stocking last night and carefully tucked it up right there next to his brother’s when it was finished. And I glanced back to look at them all lined up like that and the tears welled up instantly. I know I’ve already said it, but I think the hardest part...

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For When Your Hallelujah Feels Broken…

I had the honor of guest-writing this week for The Monday Club – Hannah Brencher’s weekly email that helps people across the world start their week with excitement and purpose. When she first reached out about collaborating, she shared her vision for spending the month of December talking about the “unseen seasons” we all face...

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