About me

Welcome

I’m so glad you stopped by!

I live in sunny Southern California, with my civil-engineering-general-contracting-guitar-playing husband and my five energetic children (3 boys and 2 girls), ranging in age from 5-17. When I’m not enjoying our homeschooling adventures, I am working as a labor & delivery RN, never tiring of the miracle and wonder of birth!

I’m a lover of heart-felt chats and chai tea lattes– a connector and relator, who can’t wait to hear from you! I spin my days between chaotic kids and newborn cries, groping to find God’s gifts amidst them all.

Over a decade ago, in the aftermath of an affair, Mercy Found Me and I was changed by His grace, and because of His love, I will never be the same.

That’s why I’m so passionate about forgiveness and second chances. And more than anything, I want you to know, regardless of your tragedy–no matter your brokenness or failure … God’s grace is always enough.

I long for you to know, no matter what you’re facing, you are not alone…

I want you to know how Mercy Found Me, and how it can find you too.

Join me amidst my daily missteps and failures where daily rescues me beyond my failing. 

Because we all fail. We’re each a mess in our own way. But you must know we can be healed and set free from our guilt and shame, and we can forgive ourselves too, through the freedom, healing and restoration Christ brings.

Join me as I share what I’m learning about life’s road, what I’ve learned from the journey on which I’ve been, and what we can learn together as we travel onward with Him.

Oh and I’d love to welcome you…won’t you join me?

It would be such a privilege to sit awhile with you…

 Some favorite posts…

Brokenness and God’s great love:

How to Understand Tragedy and Suffering

When You Need to Believe There Can Be Beauty After Pain

When You Wonder if God Sees & You Doubt He is Here

Surrendering Amidst Grief

3 Steps for When Your Heart Faces the Pain of Divorce

Assurance of God’s great promises:

For When You Wonder if You Can Be Forgiven

God Says… “I Chose You”

We are the Light of the World

10 Promises to Give Your Heart Rest

How Your Story Can Change the World

Miscarriage and Restoration:

I Can Still Remember, and I Give Thanks

God’s Plan is Better than You Can Imagine

Death, Suffering, and God’s Sovereignty: 

You are God and I am Not

On the Certainty of Suffering {And Our Promise of Hope}

Motherhood and Marriage: 

 5 Tips to Connecting in Your Marriage

How to Share Your Past Failure with Your Kids

Dear Weary Mom…

Perfectionistic Tendencies

Giving Thanks, and the Counting of the Gifts that Never End:

Counting the Gifts … 1000 Gifts

Gratitude in Grief {When Giving Thanks Brings Joy}

Seeing 1000 Gifts & Beyond…

 

Connect with me:

Twitter: @jacque_watkins

Facebook: Mercy Found Me

Email: I’d love to hear from you! You can email me anytime at:

jacque (at) jacquewatkins (dot) com

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