Blog | A Beautiful Grace

Imperfect gifts of enough

The first waiting has ended--and the dough is this mound of beauty-- risen to new heights overnight. And there's this sense of relief,...

Go Up Higher

I saw you on that cold Sabbath morning--carrying two Bibles in one hand--walking with a limp to your car and your face showed a grimace...

I believe there will be sewing machines in heaven--

There's a chill in the autumn air this morning, but not in this room--the heat is strong and sweaters hang off shoulders and chair backs....

Hear this. Loud and Clear--YOU MATTER. YOU BELONG.

Beginning anything new--whether it's starting a new job, joining a new organization, volunteering for the first time, becoming a new...

Angels Among Us--a Proverbs 31 story

In 2001, my Mama, Dallie Rhodes Lackey along with the help of a few others put together a book about her grandparents' family tree...

Rook, Tomato Wars, and Childhood Memories

Have you ever really thought how truly blessed we are that God allows us to keep some of our most special memories close to our hearts?...

My Great Granny & the Mailman. And Sunday is Grandparents' Day

I remember. Her house was dark gray—small, tucked away on a side street in Winston Salem. The houses were knitted close together and her...

I have a question...

I have this jar filled with bean seeds. I was told the seeds are over a hundred years old. And it was said when I got the seeds–no,...

$6.71 and other blessings--miracles

She had a little time before she was supposed to meet her daughter and she had a few errands she needed to do. So she pulled into the...

A Sunflower's Story

Dear Little Ones, I have a story I want to share with you. It’s actually my story. There is this little four-year old girl with hair the...

Where He Leads: A Year of Allowing Him to Turn the Pages

I heard someone say, ‘don’t let your Bible just randomly open, have a plan to read God’s word everyday. Now I do agree we all need to...

Who does that sort of thing?

It was a local number and the voice on the other line was of a complete stranger. An elderly lady. She asked in a “hard of hearing”...