2013 // all is grace.

grace.

a small word with a big meaning and a big impact on lives.

a girl whose middle name was grace, yet it took her 14 years to learn what grace is.

a girl named abbie grace.

a girl who once lived with closed hands, who planned her days around her own endeavours, who cried and said that she didn't know how to love. moments were hard and she held tightly to whatever joy there was left in her life.and while she thought everyone was okay, the truth was, she was alone and sad.

yet as she got older, pieces of the puzzle started to fall into place and she knew she needed God. but now what? where was grace? grace for crying eyes and fingers digging into skin? grace for little brothers growing up too fast and old wounds coming back again? grace for forgotten resolves and days spent waiting? grace for red, cracked skin on dry hands? grace for words that can never be unsaid and grace for a battered heart?

i am that girl, i am abbie grace, i am learning that with God, all is grace. 

in the light of His love and His goodness there is grace for everything and everything is grace. He has blessed me so i can bless. He has shown me grace and now there is a grace overflow and i can show it to others. if there is enough grace for me there is certainly enough for you and for everyone. and when it gets started it can't be stopped. an endless cycle of grace.

2013. a new year, a new start. a new chance to show grace and to see redemption. a new chance for abbie grace to live up to her name.

and i'll be writing about it here.