EVEN WHEN: A Companion Workbook
YOUR STORY.
The EVEN WHEN moment, the one where you struggle to breathe because it hurts so deep. The moment when you realize things were not supposed to be this way. The moment when you question God’s good plan for your life. That moment.
In the book, God’s promises are still true EVEN WHEN, you hear my story of how faithful God was in my life during my EVEN WHEN moment, the death of my husband after almost 24 years of marriage. You see how God orchestrated his good, good plan through that time for me.
But now it’s your turn. It’s time for you to tell your story. You may be in the midst of your EVEN WHEN moment, just past it, or know it’s on the horizon. Wherever you might be in this journey, it’s time to share your story. This companion workbook (to God’s promises are still true EVEN WHEN book) is designed so you can reunite with the promises He’s given all of us in His Word. He’ll meet you right where you are, remind you of how valuable you are to Him, and encourage you to rediscover His faithfulness. When you complete the workbook, you will have a collection of stories to share with the next generation about God’s love and care for His people. The workbook walks you through 20 different promises and encourages you to go deeper into your revelation knowledge of who God is, along with Greek/Hebrew translations and personal insights given through the Holy Spirit.
“...and because of His glory and excellence, He has given us great and precious promises…” 2 Peter 1:4a (NLT)
God’s promises are still true EVEN WHEN…
It’s time to share your story.
God’s Promises Are Still True EVEN WHEN
Grief and loss...topics no one wants to talk about and yet, there they are in front of you.
Checking the widow box was never in your plans. You may be angry...you may just be... nothing. Or the pain may be too great for words. Maybe it’s not the loss of a loved one; maybe it's the loss of a dream or a job or your expectations of what should have been.
God's Promises are Still True EVEN WHEN you are broken-hearted, heavy-burdened, bone-weary. He's there through every circumstance and every situation. God is your Provider, your Protector, and your Planner as His Word says in Psalm 23.
My Even When Story
Share your story
What readers are saying
“In Julie Brown’s book, God’s promises are still true EVEN WHEN, she outlines how God faithfully navigated her through everyday situations: financial, emotional, spiritual, relational, and physical as a new widow. God’s promises are true, and you can depend on Him- EVEN WHEN. Such an example of being an overcomer! Great read! You’ll be blessed and encouraged! Romans 8:37”
Julie’s Even When Story
Excerpted from the introduction of God’s Promises Are Still True EVEN WHEN.
I’m a Christian suspense fiction writer. I like the mystery/suspense genres because it keeps me guessing and thinking. Can I solve the problems and mysteries surrounding my characters in 100,000 words or less? I love the fiction aspect because I can make up any character I want, they will do what I say, and I can predict and set to words the exact outcome I want. I write Christian fiction because God gave me a gift and who am I not to honor the Giver with the talents He’s placed in me?
When my husband, Dennis and I were standing in front of our family and friends at our wedding, we said we’d love each other forever. I thought that I had a life-long partner, and we would grow old together.
Dennis was diagnosed in 2018 with throat cancer and we both believed up until the last couple of months of his life that God would grant us a miracle. We could go back to “normal”. “Normal” used to mean planning things like vacations, and socially interacting with family and friends, not keeping a “go-bag” ready.
Physical healing was a possibility for our great, big God, wasn’t it? Yes, it was, just in a different form than either of us wanted or thought possible. I constantly caught myself saying things like “If only you’ll do this...I’ll do this” or “Your will is all we want.” The first was just a desperate barter, the second conflicted with the first. Both were attempts to control the situation and then maybe release it back to God. An ugly tug-of-war that left me exhausted. I couldn’t barter with God and I didn’t fully believe that His will would include Dennis dying. Why couldn’t the characters in my life story just do what I wanted? Why couldn’t I control my life and my husband’s life like I could with my fictional characters?
So during that three year period after the diagnosis, I did what I was raised to do. I prayed.
Prayed to the Giver of Life, to the God whom my parents trusted and who raised me to trust. Several of my close friends (I call them my posse) always say“Fake it until you make it.” Well, I faked it on many days, days that I worked long hours to make up for lost time spent care-taking, days that I took him to treatment, days that we received bad news from reports, and even on days where everything felt normal. “Faking it” really wasn’t what was happening, more like I was trying not to break down every five minutes.
My gracious family and friends were compassionate when I did lose it. I was desperately trying to make my physical and emotional being match up to my spiritual one. My favorite phrases during that time were “God’s got this” and “I will be faithful because God has been faithful to me.” Saying (faking) those words until I believed (made it) was what kept me going.
To continue reading, pick up a copy of God’s Promises are True EVEN WHEN on Amazon.