the grace space
Hello there! If you're looking for encouragement and inspiration for living out your faith, you've come to the right place. I write mostly devotionals, book reviews, song lists, and stories, with a little something different thrown in now and then. Come join me on this journey!
September Newsletter โ The Day Change Came to Visit
"There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under the heavens..." Ecclesiastes 3:1 (NIV) ๐ด๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ค๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ธ๐ณ๐ช๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ข๐บ ๐๐ฉ๐ข๐ฏ๐จ๐ฆ ๐๐ข๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐๐ช๐ด๐ช๐ต For as long as I can remember, Iโve lived in a cozy cottage called Comfort, built on the foundation of Familiar. Many of my waking hours have passed pleasantly within these walls, and with that I am content. The siren song of Security surrounds me with a sweet and never-changing melody. But some days, the wind shifts, and the current sends...
June Newsletter โ Where You Belong
"The Lord confides in those who fear him; he makes his covenant known to them." โญPsalm 25:14 (NIV) ๐ด๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ค๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ธ๐ณ๐ช๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐จ It may sneak up on you, surprising with its sharpness, as pleasantly startling as a splash of cool water on a sticky summer day. Or it may slide over you, soothing in its softness, as warmly comforting as a hand-stitched quilt on a bitter winter night. It may come in a flash and leave in an instant, like a fireflyโs light pulsing in the dark. Or it may rise...
March Newsletter โ On Changing Chapters in the Story of You ๐
"Come and see what God has done: he is awesome in his deeds toward the children of man." Psalm 66:5 (ESV) ๐ด๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ค๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ธ๐ณ๐ช๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐๐ฏ ๐๐ฉ๐ข๐ฏ๐จ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐๐ฉ๐ข๐ฑ๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ต๐ฐ๐ณ๐บ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ ๐ฐ๐ถ The story of your life begins before you are born, the first and last lines written on the pages of Godโs plan before you start to breathe. Every day has its place in His plan. Every person has their purpose in His story. Every beginning is part of the path to His ending. But bound as you are by the confines of time, you only see a...
November Newsletter โ When You Feel Like You Have Nothing Left
โBut he said to me, โMy grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.โ Therefore I will boast all the more gladly of my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may rest upon me. For the sake of Christ, then, I am content with weaknesses, insults, hardships, persecutions, and calamities. For when I am weak, then I am strong.โ 2 Corinthians 12:9โ10 (ESV) ๐ด๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ค๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ธ๐ณ๐ช๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ญ ๐๐ช๐ฌ๐ฆ ๐ ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐๐ข๐ท๐ฆ ๐๐ฐ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐๐ฆ๐ง๐ต When you feel like you have nothing left to offer, thatโs...
September Newsletter โ The One Who Kneels
โBlessed is the man who walks not in the counsel of the wicked, nor stands in the way of sinners, nor sits in the seat of scoffers; but his delight is in the law of the Lord, and on his law he meditates day and night. He is like a tree planted by streams of water that yields its fruit in its season, and its leaf does not wither. In all that he does, he prospers.โ Psalm 1:1-3 (ESV) ๐ด๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ค๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ธ๐ณ๐ช๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐๐ฉ๐ฐ ๐๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ด Have you ever considered what the man in Psalm 1 is doing? Once you rule out...
Why I Won't Be Blogging for a Few Months
The Grace Space Why I Won't Be Blogging for a Few Months AUG. 28, 2025 / HANNAH GRACE Iโve decided itโs time to take a break from blogging for a little while. Itโs not that Iโm tired of writing. Far from it. The past several months have been wildly fruitful writing-wise, producing thousands of wordsโ worth of blog posts and newsletters, articles for blog swaps with fellow writers, and pieces to submit to print and online publications, plus a few other projects. And thatโs just what has made...
July Newsletter โ ๐ Celebrating One Year of The Grace Space ๐
"To this end we always pray for you, that our God may make you worthy of his calling and may fulfill every resolve for good and every work of faith by his power, so that the name of our Lord Jesus may be glorified in you, and you in him, according to the grace of our God and the Lord Jesus Christ." 2 Thessalonians 1:11-12 (ESV) ๐ด๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ค๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ธ๐ณ๐ช๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐จ Yes, that's rightโit's been a year since I started The Grace Space! The exact date is July 4, if you're wondering. And yes, I launched it on a...
May Newsletter โ I Have Been (Peter)
Then the Lord turned and looked at Peter. So Peter remembered the word of the Lord, how he had said to him, โBefore the rooster crows today, you will deny me three times.โ And he went outside and wept bitterly. Luke 22:61-62 (CSB) When they had finished breakfast, Jesus said to Simon Peter, โSimon, son of John, do you love me more than these?โ He said to him, โYes, Lord; you know that I love you.โ He said to him, โFeed my lambs.โ John 21:15 (ESV) ๐ด๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ค๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ธ๐ณ๐ช๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ ๐๐ข๐ท๐ฆ ๐๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฏ (๐๐ฆ๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ) I have...
March Newsletter โ 19 Things I've Learned at (Nearly) 19
"Let us know; let us press on to know the Lord; his going out is sure as the dawn; he will come to us as the showers, as the spring rains that water the earth.โ โญHosea 6:3 (ESV) ๐ด๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ค๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ธ๐ณ๐ช๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐จ 19 Things I've Learned at (Nearly) 19 Seasons often donโt last as long as you expect them to. Itโs easy to enter a season expecting it to last for a certain amount of time, only to find that it ends much sooner than you thought. Donโt let it fly by without capturing the things God wants you to learn....
January Newsletter โ Puppies, Porcupines, and Grace (+ an exciting announcement!)
"For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them." โญEphesians 2:10 (ESV) ๐ด๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ค๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ธ๐ณ๐ช๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐จ Puppies, Porcupines, and Grace What can puppies and porcupines teach us about grace? More than you might think. If youโre wondering what these earthy creatures could possibly have to do with such a heavenly concept, donโt worry. Iโll ask a few questions to help direct you. First, what do puppies and porcupines have in common?...
Hello there! If you're looking for encouragement and inspiration for living out your faith, you've come to the right place. I write mostly devotionals, book reviews, song lists, and stories, with a little something different thrown in now and then. Come join me on this journey!