A Gift of Grace. Click here to purchase or on the image above.

I’ve been wanting to write a book or several books for years but until a short time ago, you would have never convinced me it would be about Christmas and especially not poems.

But God… He had another idea!

Just a few weeks ago, I went on my very first writing trip alone. I drove to the beach wondering what in the world I was going to do when I got there and I prayed – a LOT. I went through fear that I’d come home empty-handed after receiving this gift of four days of solitude. But goodness sakes alive, before I knew it, poems surprisingly started flowing out of me about Christmas and the birth of Christ. I was surprised but I just ran with it. I started putting myself in people’s shoes who were there, Mary and Joseph, the shepherds and angels, I had moments I could feel a chill about what it felt like in the air that night. I cried, I laughed at myself, I prayed, I cried some more, and at the end of that four-day trip, A Gift of Grace was written. I drove home kind of in shock but hopefully, God wasn’t!

When I got home, I started the final details, and as you can see, I pushed it out of the nest to fly. Is it perfect? Nope. Are there things I will do differently next time? Of course. Did I learn a lot? Yes! But I am so honored and humbled that my first book to the world is about the One who saved me and I know He loves me despite my imperfections.

I hope you’ll get a chance to get a copy of the book, which you can do by clicking the image up above, having it out for the holidays, and perhaps considering it for gifts for friends and family. Thank you so much for your love and support and for rocking my world with your kind words and big hearts!

xoxo,

jcg