Environments of Grace: what do they look like?

I’m looking for writers who can sketch in words and stories what people and places who inhabit grace look like for the writer’s particular need for grace. Have you been in a situation where grace was what you needed and God provided it for you through a person, or a home, or a new culture, or a family, or a job? We would love to hear from you, learn from you!

What was it about the way this person related to you, the words they spoke to you? What was it about the way the house held you? Or how did the new culture or different people graciously teach you? What was it about the way the family welcomed you, encouraged you? How did this person give you freedom to hurt or grieve or celebrate?

The people and places where grace dwells – they shape us, change us, heal us. These are the environments where we have the freedom to make mistakes, to speak our hearts, to expose our ugly parts. These are the places where we are heard, welcomed, and where God meets us with gifts of love.

To live as environments of grace for people in particular places of brokenness or celebration, we must learn from each other’s stories. From the ways we’ve received grace from others.

Your story might be one where grace was found…..but it also might be one where you struggled to find it. Where it wasn’t offered to you like you had hoped. How did a community fail to welcome you? How were your unmet needs forgotten about, or looked over? When you were grieving, how did people’s help actually hurt? What happened that made you feel like a failure in motherhood? These painful stories are just as important to tell, to listen to, to learn from.

Contact me through the blog if you’re interested in sharing your grace story here in this virtual environment of grace. Please invite others to consider writing as well. Here are some suggestions to get your heart thinking….

Environments of Grace: What do they look like {for the grieving}?

Environments of Grace: What do they look like {for the special needs child} or {for the mother of a special needs child}?

Environments of Grace: What do they look like {for the single mother}?

{when you’re suffering an illness}?

{for the sinner}?

{for a mother with young children}?

{during re-entry for a missionary}?

{for the single man or woman}?

{for newlyweds}?

{for the blended family}?

{for the new Christian}?

{for the successful}?

{for the large family}?

{insert your own  grace-in-need situation}

You don’t have to be a blogger to write! Anyone with a story to tell is an author worth reading! Submit your interest in writing or your actual written story through the connect page on my blog or email me at lmmanry@gmail.com.

I’m looking forward to learning from you.