what happens when the most powerful weapon is unleashed
The most powerful weapon in the world is at our fingertips. It has the power to destroy or to build up. It’s also the most volatile weapon because it is so uncontainable. What is this weapon? To read more head over here to find my answer. Thanks for reading and I...
the importance of numbering our days
If we're not careful our days and years can vanish like dandelion fuzz, and we wonder what we have to show for it. We experience seasons of flourishing and seasons of dormancy and each gives us the same opportunity: to grow in wisdom. I have learned that I need to be...
Dear you…a letter and a prayer….
Dear you, I appreciate you reading this fledgling little space called Welcome Grace. It means the world to me to know that you use some of your most precious commodity--time--here in this space. Thank-you seems so inadequate so I am going to say instead, 'You make my...
the beauty in fog
I have witnessed some of the most beautiful landscapes when they're shrouded in fog. It’s beautiful to watch the fog roll in as it gently blankets the rolling fields or to wake to a winter fog and see every tree branch coated in glitter, sparkling as it reflects the...
Can Circumstances by Holy?
Recently I felt like my life came to a screeching halt when I heard the news of a life changing diagnosis for a dear friend. Not long ago, I was overcome by drama as mothers of teenagers often are. I fight for bravery in the face of the unknowns of my future. Will...
Kelli Stuart’s ‘Like a River from Its Course’ Blog Tour and Kindle Prize Pack
Welcome Grace is a place to explore brokenness in the light of grace. It's also a place to be encouraged that our histories don't have to determine or dictate our present or future. I am on the hunt for stories that portray that truth--whether they be fiction or...
do you wish you could be more confident?
There are days I want to run far, far away to a place where mankind is kind and words are used to build instead of tear down, but then I look in the mirror and see the face staring back at me and realize that no matter how far I run, I can’t get away from me. I am a...
Dear lost little one
Loss is a part of this life. This I know. I don't go a day without hearing of a loss for someone somewhere. I often don't know how to respond--sometimes the pain is too great. Sometimes the fear that it will happen to me will hold me tight in it's grip and I will...
When Your Path Leads through the Sea
The unknown. Sometimes the unknown is exciting, such as embarking into life as newlyweds or becoming parents for the first time. The way ahead is unknown, but it's faced with anticipation. But sometimes the unknown is frightening such as dealing with a cancer...
The Parenting Files
"Recently, I was hit with wave after wave of change. My girls were stretching into the teen years and I wasn’t ready. My son was taking his first baby steps toward manhood and I wasn’t ready. My youngest girl was the only one still in the middle of childhood and I...
Sometimes we just have to speak the truth
Sometimes I just can't believe the truth. I can't believe that there is a love that is great enough to die and live for me. I can't believe that I am chosen. I can't believe that he calls me holy. I can't believe that I can boldly come to grace's throne. The litany of...
What’s your miracle?
I have a tendency to make this whole God-life thing about me. What I need. What I'm doing. What I pray. How I live out his precepts. How I expect his promises to be fulfilled in my life. How I interpret God's word. How I need a miracle...yesterday. I read about...