Have you ever wondered if becoming “real” matters more than becoming perfect? Lately I’ve been thinking about *The Velveteen Rabbit*—a beloved childhood classic my dad once read aloud to me—and how its message feels even more meaningful now. Maybe true beauty was never about being shiny after all.
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A Brave & Tender Heart
It’s a brave thing to keep your heart a heart of flesh, tender and gentle in the midst of challenge, hurt, and the grief of this world. Next time that something hurts deeply and we are tempted to close off our hearts—we must surrender our hearts again to our Savior God. Let’s place our heart in His hands- the only place it will be truly safe and secure. To do this is an act of bravery, an act of trust, an act of faith.
Grace & Gratitude
Grace & Gratitude surely do go hand in hand! It’s not enough to have one without the other. They belong together and belong in the life of anyone who is a believer. And there is great POWER released when they operate together.
Pockets of Grace
There are pockets of grace that pop up at exactly the time when we have run out of options. We have run out of places or people to turn to. Every other option we had is now extinct. Now we find our real and raw hope is in God, Him alone.
Waves of Grace
As the next wave licked my toes I heard His whisper in my heart. “Just as sure as challenges and situations are to come and come, constantly with no stop, even more so my love, my presence comes in over and over again.”
Gold Grace
There is never a situation that is bigger than the grace that God supplies. My mother and grandmother live clothed in this gold grace…
Melanie Talevski 