JE Berry, Author at Women At The Well

What Grace Looks Like

July 9, 2016

There’s no better time to look for grace than this week, when so many around us are thirsty for it.

And one of the grace-giving opportunities I have along this journey of faith and writing is to meet women at the Well who personify it. Women who pour out their hearts for us to feel and write out their lives for us to read.

So I’m applauding J.E. Berry for doing just that, and I’m also celebrating the launch of her book this week, The Truth About Happiness. Be blessed as she shares a dose of grace from her blog right here at the Well:

On a regular basis, we walk through life missing a good portion of things that make up the big picture. We get in the car to drive and don’t pay much attention to the engine under the hood, unless it doesn’t start.

We order our food in a restaurant and don’t give much thought to the process it took to get the food to the table, unless there is something in the food and then you wonder what the sanitary conditions are in the kitchen.

As a people, we become numb to a lot that happens around us if we aren’t intentional with our attention.

What about the doses of grace we receive all day, everyday? How close of an eye are we keeping on those?

As a mom, wife, redeemed soul, I have been taking glimpses at those every-day graces, moment by moment. In the moments when I count my children coming out of the grocery store and realize how much grace God has lavished on me to trust me with 5 children.

Or the moments when I look at my awesome husband and see God’s grace in the redemption of my purity through the marriage He planned for me. How time and time again His grace shows up and redirects me onto the path He laid out for me. These moments are the picture of God’s grace.

“And we know that for those who love God all things work together for good, for those who are called according to his purpose.”
Romans 8:28 ESV

Today I challenge you to slow down, and take a look around you. Look at every dose of grace that surrounds your existence. Look for every moment to give God praise for His undying love and never-ending GRACE.

“Let us then with confidence draw near to the throne of grace, that we may receive mercy and find grace to help in time of need.”
Hebrews 4:16 ESV

Read more about J.E. Berry and her new book at J.E.BerrySpeaks.com, and don’t forget to see and share some grace today.

Trading My Rights for His Righteousness

June 2, 2016

Closing in on the end of the Easter season, one thought has been with me this entire past weekend…..

“My Rights for His Righteousness”

This may sound simple phonetically. But take a minute to think about what this truly means.

I’ve always been a very opinionated lady. Ever since I was a little girl I remember always being someone who could never really be told what to do. Grant it a lot of scenarios in my life, and the culture we live in, made me take up the “I have the right to do anything” approach to most things. My entire entrance to adulthood reflected that thought approach. I felt like I had the right to do anything and everything that I wanted to do and say what I felt needed to be said. The problem with that though, is that the only person you’re really considering in that mindset is yourself. I’m sure if you look above you will notice all the I’s mentioned. And living in the “I” zone of life will keep us from ever seeing from the Christ perspective.

Learn how J.E. Berry came to see things from a new perspective by visiting JEBerrySpeaks.com.

The Mommy Mask

May 10, 2016

During the “month of costumes,” I had some intriguing thoughts about a specific piece of costume that we wear.

You know, as a mother it can seem like our title ends at “butt wiper” or “short order chef.” Our tireless days and nights surround us endlessly and we can feel as if we are drowning in dirty dishes and laundry on a regular basis. We wear our sacrificed dreams and desires like a belt of honor and charge forward in the trenches of motherhood. However, there is so much more beneath the dirty nails and uncombed hair than we can see with the naked eye.

I must admit, I had grown comfortable in assuming that the calling of motherhood was all I needed to worry about for a while, but then I had a shift in my spirit. I thought to myself, “What kind of example of obedience am I setting for the sheep I am shepherding in my role as a mother?” This question really rocked me and catapulted me to where I am now. I realized that maybe I had been using my season as an excuse instead of fuel for the journey.

Check out the rest of the story by visiting JEBerrySpeaks.com.

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