The Lord is my shepherd, I lack nothing.
He makes me lie down in green pastures,
he leads me beside quiet waters,
he refreshes my soul.
He guides me along the right paths
for his name’s sake. (Psalm 23:1-3, NIV)
Picture by Julie Arduini
Watkins Glen State Park, NY
As October winds down, I admit, it’s hard for me to get excited. I’m a visual person and October is always a stand out. The bright leaves and beautiful harvest colors are the antidote to colder weather. November is tough for me. Where I live isn’t known for sunlight. November is one of the hardest…
Book Description: You can’t simultaneously be who God created you to be and the person Satan molded you into. We are perfectly designed by God. He drafts our blueprint with distinct characteristics, traits, gifts, and talents and stamps it on our spirit before we are born. Unfortunately, Satan often succeeds at concealing our true identity…
Behind the Scenes with Finally Forever by Karin Beery Aunt Linda moved in with my husband and me in 2012. In her mid-sixties, she had lived in a care home for most of her adult life. As a special-needs woman, she moved into the home after her dad died and her mom’s Alzheimer’s made it…
All this month I will be watching on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and my new subscribers for my monthly-0r-so newsletter. If you tag me @JulieArduini and tell me you’re #thankful or #juliearduinithankful, I’ll enter your name to win a copy of my fiction books. This includes Entrusted, Entangled, Engaged, You’re Beautiful and the boxed set of…
It isn’t every day I want to walk away from being me, but there are days. And my whine to heaven is one I could record and just press play because it’s almost always the same vent. I prayed for that person. I did what You asked. I spent so much time encouraging them. And…
Love Under Construction Character Inspiration: Cynthia Brady One of the most exhilarating things as an author is developing characters. In our imaginary worlds, we create characters with personalities, hopes, dreams, and motivations. Of course, the main characters are the best to create, and they stick with us writers for much longer than after we’ve typed…