CHRISTIE MICHAUD BLOG

We've all had times when we would get pumped up about something, feel so strong, and are ready to take on the world. And for a while we're in the zone, making a difference. But then, a wall suddenly creeps in, sometimes slowly, sometimes abruptly. No matter what, there is a guarantee that a wall will come. Then what do you? Five days after surgery, that wall slowly approached. It was like a gas light showing up on a dashboard signaling "almost empty" and I swear there must

This is my rainbow. On August 6th, I walked out into the Waffle House parking lot and my middle son pointed out a rainbow that a friend would later describe as “angel’s wings”. Hours earlier, a neighbor texted a beautiful prism during sunrise, and by evening time, social media displayed an assortment of rainbows from morning to night. Rainbows. Not only God’s beautiful creation but God’s beautiful promise. ( Genesis 6:9-9:17 ) Genesis 9:13 I have set my bow in the cloud, and

Today marks: 23 days since I heard the life-changing words, "You have Breast Cancer." 23 days since I saw multiple rainbows and the coolest rainbow I’d ever seen (I know there is no coincidence here). 38 days since I received maybe even for the first time a peace, completely unadulterated from man's attempts to acquire. This peace was so profound because it came after months of no peace and without a single circumstance changing. Today also marks 3 days until I step into

(thoughts from July 23, 2022) Morning time with my Lord had been put on the back burner. The past few months had been brutal and all I wanted to do was sleep in and avoid. Hide from the anxiety and fear that had become my life. I had become unwell (mentally, emotionally, and little did I know at the time physically). Begrudgingly, I got up because a final class assignment deadline loomed. I grabbed my phone to head out to the coffee shop so I could focus and saw on the screen

Ever wondered why children appear to not know or place as much importance on God’s written Word as in generation's past? According to Impact 360 Institute, a staggering statistic has revealed a dramatically progressive decline from where once 51% of baby boomers held a biblical worldview to now only 4% of gen Z-ers hold that same worldview. FOUR PERCENT!?! What happened?!? As I read a bible verse to my kids one day, it dawned on me. I’m a gen X-er and grew up in church. When