Now available for pre-order and immediate ebook access at Amazon and Barnes & Noble: Through Cracked Glass – Grace for God’s fractured and imperfect children, was written with you in mind.
Was it really less than a year ago now? No, the substance of Through Cracked Glass had been simmering in my sub-conscious for years like pot roast in a slow-cooker filling my home with tantalizing smells of wonderful meals to come.
Every morning we awaken to an unsullied day and doors opening on fresh experiences. We walk out into that new promise with fearlessness and abandon, not knowing what’s just down the street, not seeing who’s waiting in the wings to send us off in a whole new direction, suddenly swept off our feet to an unknown place where we may never see the old us ever again. We become, over time, newly-born, growing in grace and wisdom. Just as our bodies discard dead cells, replacing them with recently developed growth we reinvent our bodies every seven years.
We learn as we are confronted with problems and issues and people. Sometimes we’re pleased with how we handled ourselves. Sometimes we’re ashamed. But we can try again tomorrow.
The very word ‘journey’ is exciting. As are adventure, quest, and legacy. Each word conjures up distant lands, welcome companions, and life-changing scenes. These are foundational concepts in our favorite stories.
We want our heroes to grow and learn and to be happy. We want ourselves to do the same. But, just as in the best stories, our heroes don’t grow and learn by living easy lives. No, they earn their growth with struggle and heartache, disappointment and grief. They win some battles and lose others. But they never give up.
And we, the reader, love our heroes all the more for their well-earned scars.
Grace is what we’re all searching for when our hearts are sad and those we depend on let us down. Grace is what God, our Father, gives us in abundance from our first waking moment to our slowed breaths as we drift off to sleep.
He has wonderful things for us to accomplish and an abundant life for us to live. Tough lessons to learn and battles to fight. Places to grow old in, people to love, and grace to shower on others as we follow the path He has set for us.
All we need are eyes to see and hearts ready to embrace this life of service we were designed for.
It’s all for Jesus.