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  • The Christian Mother’s Paradox: When Being “Too Tired to Sleep” Becomes Your New Normal

    The Christian Mother’s Paradox: When Being “Too Tired to Sleep” Becomes Your New Normal

    You know that moment when you finally collapse into bed after a seventeen-hour day of serving your family, and your body is so wired, so overstimulated, that sleep feels impossible? Your exhaustion needs its own nap, but your mind won’t stop racing through tomorrow’s to-do list, replaying today’s struggles, processing every sound from the baby monitor.

    And here’s the trap so many Christian mothers fall into: You’re desperate for relief, but every solution feels like a compromise. Wine would work, and that would be an easy fix but you refuse to numb your senses or risk your clarity for hearing the Holy Spirit or for when your children need you at 2 AM. Melatonin leaves you groggy and clumsy—hardly the safe arms your baby deserves. Prescription sleep aids? That’s not the path God has for your family.

    You’re stuck between exhaustion that’s destroying your patience, your marriage, your joy… and solutions that violate your commitment to staying present, alert, and spiritually sensitive.

    The Hidden Cost of Motherhood’s “Acceptable Suffering”

    Most people don’t realize that chronic overstimulation doesn’t just steal your sleep—it’s quietly eroding the very foundations of your family life. That edge in your voice with your husband isn’t a character flaw; it’s your nervous system running on fumes. The impatience with your children isn’t a spiritual failing; it’s a body that desperately needs to downshift but has forgotten how.

    We’ve normalized the image of the exhausted, frazzled mother as some kind of badge of honor. But God never intended for you to sacrifice your wellbeing on the altar of motherhood. Your family doesn’t need a martyr—they need you rested, restored, and present.

    The cruel irony? The more depleted you become, the harder it is to access the peace that’s already available to you. Your body gets trapped in a cycle of sympathetic nervous system overdrive, making genuine rest feel impossible even when the opportunity arrives.

    What I Discovered About Calm Without Compromise

    Here’s what changed everything for me: understanding that true rest isn’t about shutting down your senses—it’s about supporting your body’s natural ability to transition from chaos to calm while maintaining full presence.

    I came across an approach that specifically addresses the Christian mother’s dilemma: how to wind down genuinely without sacrificing alertness, spiritual sensitivity, or your ability to respond to your children with full confidence. It’s not about numbing or sedating—it’s about nourishing your body’s natural rhythms back into balance.

    The difference is profound. Instead of choosing between exhaustion and impairment, there’s a third path: arriving at genuine calm while keeping all your faculties intact. You can finally experience that deep exhale your soul has been craving, wake refreshed when your baby needs you, and still maintain the spiritual clarity that’s non-negotiable in your walk with God.

    Your Family Deserves the Real You

    Think about what six months of genuine rest could do for your marriage. For your patience with your children. For your capacity to hear God’s voice clearly instead of through the fog of chronic exhaustion.

    The solution I discovered integrates everything: natural support for your overstimulated nervous system, zero compromise on your values, and the full presence your family deserves. I found this specific approach through Solle Naturals’ ReNūe, and it’s specifically formulated for women who refuse to choose between rest and responsibility.

    This isn’t about adding another supplement to your cabinet. This is about reclaiming the quality of life God intended for you—where rest restores instead of sedates, where calm doesn’t mean compromised, and where taking care of yourself is actually the most selfless thing you can do for your family.

    Don’t let another month pass watching your best years slip away in a fog of overstimulation and exhaustion. Your loved ones don’t just deserve a present mother—they deserve you at your best. And you deserve to experience the peace that’s been waiting for you all along.

    The framework for genuine, uncompromising rest is already proven and available. Discover how ReNūe supports Christian mothers in reclaiming both their rest and their presence—without a single compromise.


    New King James Version
    But those who wait on the LORD Shall renew their strength; They shall mount up with wings like eagles, They shall run and not be weary, They shall walk and not faint. Isaiah 4O:31

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  • COME TO ME EARLY

    COME TO ME EARLY

    “COME TO ME EARLY, COME TO ME OFTEN”

    Before your first meal…

    “COME TO ME EARLY, COME TO ME OFTEN”

    Before you start to stare at your circumstances…

    “COME TO ME EARLY, COME TO ME OFTEN”

    Before you feel the heartache start to take over…

    “COME TO ME EARLY, COME TO ME OFTEN”

    Before the sorrows of sheol start to encircle your vision …

    “COME TO ME EARLY, COME TO ME OFTEN”

    Before the quite despair begs for a place at your table

    “COME TO ME EARLY, COME TO ME OFTEN”

    Before you hold ought in your heart towards your husband…

    “COME TO ME EARLY, COME TO ME OFTEN”

    Before the unholy anger takes root…

    “COME TO ME EARLY, COME TO ME OFTEN”

    Before the anxiety and torment invite illness…

    “COME TO ME EARLY, COME TO ME OFTEN”

    “COME TO ME EARLY, COME TO ME OFTEN”

    I think sometimes as mothers it can be easy to fix our gaze on many things that won’t grow our relationship with God.

    Now it’s not just our hearts we tend and mend.

    We have been entrusted to hold our husbands hearts and hearts of our young ones.

    Let us go to Him early and go to Him often, because anything less of COMPLETE DEVOTION IS CERTAIN DEATH.

    With Love, JC

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    PS, if you are not doing a full body anointing as soon as you wake, you are missing out. You dont need any fancy oil. Just start with whatever is in your kitchen. Here is one of my absolute favorites.

    Stay close to Holy Spirit

  • God By Faith & Pharaoh By Logic

    God By Faith & Pharaoh By Logic

    Without faith it is impossible to please God. Hebrews 11:6

    Those that are in the flesh cannot please God. Romans 8:8

    I want to share a story of a lesson today.

    My husband was taking our eldest outside and I was helping him get ready, when I felt the Lord want me to do something I’d never done.

    It wasn’t a small still whisper like with the prophet Elijah, sometimes it’s an impression, or a download or it could be a millions ways- however He chooses to speak in that moment.

    It was a knowing this time.

    “Have your son scrape the new soap under his nails before he goes outside”

    Then after there was a bombardment of all these “what will and what if” thoughts aka the warfare.

    “What will my husband say?”

    “Should I do it?”

    I had just a moment to step into destiny or it would have been missed.

    I call our son over and ask him to scratch the new soap that is high in anti-pathogenic properties under his nails & tell him it is going to help him.

    He does one hand. He didn’t really like it. He didn’t want to do the other hand.

    I don’t force him.

    He goes out and tells his dad how he had soap under his nails and felt weird.

    My husband looks at me with this look like … “what are you up to now.” It wasn’t bad or anything.

    And I responded by saying it will help protect him.

    After they come back my husband tells me that our son found something in the ground, he wasn’t sure what it was but later saw that it was a piece of animal poop.

    Me: (in silence thinking “that is so disgusting”) what hand was it?

    My husband: the left hand.

    My son: no it was the right hand… this one…

    It was the hand that the soap was placed under!!!!

    This method is used to protect children and young ones against parasites.

    I had no idea what would happen.

    But God knew!

    Random acts of obedience.

    They don’t make sense. They RARELY do.

    What tremendous pain would have been felt if I had chosen not to listen.

    I praise God that He made me hear Him.

    We won’t know or understand everything- we weren’t meant to.

    That’s God’s job.

    It’s not His will for us to function like that in complete independence.

    It is His will to share things when He wills it. That creates a deep dependence on Him. The constant pursuit of His heart- this must be our ALWAYS #1 priority in life. Him.

    Anyhow I pray this blesses you.

    Incase you want to know more, this is the incredible soap I used. (Savings code: faithrefinedbyfire)

    God bless & stay close to God,

    JC

    8 ¶ By faith Abraham, when he was called to go out into a place which he should after receive for an inheritance, obeyed; and he went out, not knowing whither he went. Hebrews 11:8

  • From Exhausted to Energized: How God Led Me to Natural Energy After Years of Struggling

    From Exhausted to Energized: How God Led Me to Natural Energy After Years of Struggling

    I remember laying on my floor on the dorm room during nursing school, desperately drinking my second or third energy drink of the day to say awake to study, praying “Lord, there has to be a better way.”

    My hands were shaking, my heart was racing, and I felt foggy and depleted, I wondered if I was going to have a heart attack. I was caught in a cycle of artificial highs and crushing crashes that left me feeling like a shadow of myself.

    Fast forward to after graduation, and I was working in the emergency department and we would actually have patients come that were so jacked up on energy drinks that it was life threatening. This stuff was so toxic! Talk about hell in a bottle.

    Maybe you can relate to that desperate search for sustainable energy. Between ministry commitments, family responsibilities, and trying to stay faithful to your calling, it’s easy to fall into depending on whatever will keep you going – even when you know it’s not God’s best for your temple.

    The Hidden Cost of Quick Energy Fixes

    What the Lord revealed to me through intense prayer and study was eye-opening: those artificial energy boosters weren’t just masking my fatigue – they were actually making it worse. 1 Corinthians 6:19-20 reminds us that our bodies are temples of the Holy Spirit. Yet I was filling mine with substances that were throwing my blood sugar into chaos and depleting my adrenal system.

    The breakthrough came when I started researching God’s natural medicine cabinet – the incredible plants and herbs He created for our wellbeing. I discovered that sustainable energy isn’t about stimulation – it’s about nourishment.

    God’s Design for Natural Energy

    Here’s what changed everything for me: I learned that true energy comes from supporting our body’s own systems, not overriding them. The Lord showed me specific plants like yerba mate (packed with 24 vitamins and minerals) and cinnamon (which helps maintain healthy blood sugar) that work WITH our bodies instead of against them.

    When we align with God’s design, incredible things happen. By switching to natural plant-based energy support, I experienced:

    • Steady, sustained energy without the crashes
    • Mental clarity that lasts throughout the day
    • Better blood sugar balance and fewer cravings
    • Improved digestion and immune function

    A Testament to His Faithfulness

    Sisters, I give God all the glory for leading me to a better way. Now I can serve in my motherhood ministry, support my family, and fulfill my calling without the constant struggle against fatigue. My testimony is that when we seek His wisdom for our health, He is faithful to provide solutions that honor our bodies as His temple.

    If you’re tired of the energy drink cycle and ready to discover God’s natural design for sustained vitality, I’d love to share more about the natural solution that transformed my life. You can learn more about CinnaMāte here.

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    “But those who hope in the Lord will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint.” – Isaiah 40:31

  • Holy Spirit Health

    Holy Spirit Health

    Are you battling an illness and you don’t know why?

    Have you ever seen a very healthy looking person who passed away and you just couldn’t figure out why?

    They ate well, were fit, loved God, did all the basics that would seem to give them a long life?

    Beloved, what is often overlooked in health that could be costing you your life- is the spiritual aspect which is often overlooked by many.

    Last year it so happened that I saw hormonal imbalances, specifically prolonged menstrual Periods. Like 21 days a month bleeding.

    It wasn’t until I cried out to God that He reveled to me that the ROOT was spiritual.

    Access was being granted to the enemy because unforgiveness /bitterness was being harbored in the heart.

    The reproductive system was suffering.

    I had childhood that resembled a horror movie straight from the pit of hell, where great wickedness was committed regularly unto children that ought never to happen.

    As many times as I had said I’d forgiven them. Forgiveness is needed as often as forgiveness is needed.

    So if you are brought back to a painful memory or a traumatic event 300 times over a period of 5 years, all it takes is one thought, one feeling, one decision to enter into bitterness, unrighteousness anger unforgivesness.

    It also takes one decision to forgive, repent and get back into God’s presence.

    So it’s best to forgive EVERY TIME it comes up & GIVE IT TO GOD.

    When a person carries those things that God never intended for them to hold on to, they open themselves up in the spirit realm- giving legal access for the enemy to launch attacks.

    These attacks cause physical illness unless they are dealt with.

    So a person can be taking the best supplements, eating all the organic & clean herbs, working out regularly, looking physically beautiful, but if their spirit is not fully right with God & if it is broken, that is how illness can enter.

    I’d like to introduce you Holy Spirit Health.

    It’s a holistic health- mind, body & spirit approach.

    …

    So you might wonder? How do I “give it to God?”

    This is how:

    1. You say “God I give You everything. All thoughts feelings and emotions.” You are just doing what the scripture tells us to do. People tend to over complicate things. “Cast thy burden upon the LORD, and he shall sustain thee: he shall never suffer the righteous to be moved.” Psalm 55:22
    2. You quote the appropriate scripture when needed. If your peace is gone, that’s a great indicator to start quoting scripture. Time to fight back for your peace that was given away.
    3. Don’t run from His presence. Run to it. Which means you will have to feel the pain instead of numbing it.
    4. Know that tears are not a sign of weakness as modern culture teaches- it’s a sign of strength in the Kingdom of God- a sign of healing. As long as it doesn’t turn into something God doesn’t intend- like sadness or sorrow. You should feel a sense of relief after the healing – like you are in a better spot.
    5. Get ready to fight for your healing if need be. God’s deliverance looks different for each of His children. Sometimes He will have you fast to remove the pain. Sometimes He may have you do something completely different.
    6. Don’t live your life according to your circumstances but live according to the word of God. Which means- speaking life over the situation even if you don’t see the change manifest yet. Even if you are not in the mood to speak life. That’s where maturity comes in and you put the flesh on check.
    7. Learning to STAND against the enemy & know that the battle is won. We win because Jesus has already won for us on the cross. It doesn’t matter what the lies say. What is God speaking over it? Get your word from Him so you KNOW what He is saying- that is all that really matters. That’s where your peace will come from. Not from the prognosis, not from the deadline of your bills or what your eyes see. All you need is one word from God. One word.

    Emotional woundedness will often manifest in a physical ailment which is why I can wholeheartedly recommend Solle Naturals- everything they create has something for the brain and adrenal glands- which means they make it specifically to support emotional health in a way that you can FEEL it.

    It is a company founded on lOVE.

    The owner had created over 200 herbal items for a very well know company. But when his beloved wife & mother had their sixth bundle of joy, she entered into post partum depression.

    He began to formulate things for her- out of love. Where she didn’t have to take a ton of capsules, 3 times a day, and did so in a way that is delightful.

    God gave her MASSIVE breakthrough.

    And as for me… they helped me live again. That is not an exaggeration but it’s a story for another time.

    So don’t ever think there is no hope. God has something amazing for you.

    I pray that this blessed you. And that you hold on to your Hope ALWAYS.

    God heals however He chooses.

    For me, He led me to this precious place & if you are wanted to reclaim your crown, this where I would start, after of course prayer.

    Stay yielded to God, Julianne

    And be willing to pay the price to stay yielded to God.

    Even when it hurts.

    Even when it gets uncomfortable.

    You can do ALL things through Christ who strengthens you.

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