Laced With Grace – Christian Devotions

A few years’ back my husband and I had the unpleasant sensation of a driver ramming us from behind while we were stopped for a light. Life happens like that… Surprise, you have a melanoma to deal with. Surprise, your heart needs some stents. Surprise, your adult child loses his…

At times I feel stumped about how to pray. Prayers are words. I’ve got plenty. More and more though, I want what I say to God to be authentic and clear, not just a repetition of my “grocery list” for God to deal with. Friends, neighbors and relatives have critical…

I cannot watch the soldier homecomings on the news without tears. They replay the homecomings of my own father who traveled many times on temporary duty all over the world in the Air Force. I have a few early memories of being allowed to ride out to the flight line…

In the weeks after Hurricane Michael, I made a comment in one of my entries about bending and breaking. Today I came across a journal entry where I expanded on that thought. Oaks, pines and other hardwoods (even those with great root systems) blew over from the hours of strong…

God has been directing my conversations with other believers recently to the subject of grace, the vital element of our faith this website emphasizes in its title. Only with sensitivity the Holy Spirit gives us can we see how grace envelops so many aspects of our lives. God’s grace protects…