Laced With Grace – Christian Devotions

I love when I go to church and the sermon lingers with me long after the service is over. Those are the sermons that you find yourself meditating on at odd times during the week. I experienced one of those a few Sundays ago. That sermon was about the importance…

It was my first year as a teacher and I taught a class of energetic first graders.  Among them was a frail little girl with a permanent smile. She was one of the few students that I could not convince to call me by name. To her I was simply,…

11 Thy word have I hid in mine heart, that I might not sin against thee . Psalm 119:11 (KJV). Do you still make it as habit to hide God’s word in your heart through scripture memorization? I remember when I was a child scripture memorization was a huge part of…

  I was just a shepherd boy without a shield, without a sword fed up by the giant’s voice screaming curses to the Lord I walked down that hill alone with a pocket full of river stones But what that Philistine couldn’t see Is what I had was more than…

And old friend called me today and we spent some time on the phone catching up on each other’s lives. During our conversation I mentioned to her something my mom would always say to me when I was feeling discouraged. I still remind myself of those words when I find…