So, it’s been a long week of work and family. Some of the fam have some sort of cough/congestion/sore throat, so it can make the days get a little longer – but for the most part, everyone has kept the complaining low and hugs high. 🙂
In the middle of this tiring week, something else happened besides crazy coughs and sniffly nights. Four amazing ladies read (or are reading) my debut novel and sent me encouragement. Some times it’s easy to get lost in the middle of the everyday struggles, and I’m always in wonder by God’s gracious touches of his grace. What those little words of encouragement can do to change the tone of an entire week!
Maybe even an entire life!
Years ago I was having a talk with one of my nieces as she was struggling with some personal challenges and she said, “But I don’t see God. I don’t feel Him. How can you tell me that He loves me.”
Good question. What person hasn’t asked that at some point or other.
I said – “Well, his little fingerprints are all through your life if you look. In my love for you. In your uncle’s love for you. In your parents’ love for you. In the way your teachers spend extra time trying to encourage you. In the laughter you bring to your cousins, and the laughter they send back. Maybe we both need to start looking for his fingerprints and we’ll remember that God is right here – always working in our lives.”
So Laura Frantz, Julie Lessman, Dawn Crandall, and Jean-Marie VunCannon – Thank you for being those fingerprints of grace in my life this week!
So awesome, Pepper! Great people to be giving encouragement!
Sue
You’re one of them, Sue. 🙂 I should definitely add you to the ‘fingerprints’ list
What’s your debut novel?
Holly,
It’s called the Thorn Bearer, coming out in May.
I hope to have a cover reveal very soon
Amen! Your story about your niece hits on a key theme in my debut novel, hence its tagline “We’re never really alone.” God is always with us, even in the times we can’t see, feel, or hear him. 🙂