Month: February 2023

  • Between the Lines/A Touch of Grace

    Between the Lines/A Touch of Grace

    Several months ago I had the privilege of being speaking with Randy Lacy, host of the Between the Lines podcast. Our episode recently aired and I am excited to share it here with all of you. Randy is a great encouragement to literature of all kinds in Canada and elsewhere. Please visit his website and…

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  • Six Word Story (105)

    Six Word Story (105)

    They were heavy, the strain hurt my eyes, and I didn’t like them.

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  • Gentleness

    Gentleness

    Whispers that linger in the cup of hand to heart.

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  • Six Word Story (104)

    Six Word Story (104)

    Sometimes that last piece of the puzzle is elusive, hiding in the weirdest of places, or managing to crawl into the smallest crevice.

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  • Faithfulness

    Faithfulness

    To be a constantunwavering mass To last To hold knowledgeopen handed honestly To choose a pathand follow through thoroughly Never giving upNever backing down faithfully Copyright ©2023 Mary Grace van der Kroef

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  • Six Word Story (103)

    Six Word Story (103)

    Safety is something we all look for and when we find it we hold on with abandon. But is safety always, safe? Too quickly it can become complacency and compliance becomes stagnant, eating away at us as below, rotting our foundations. What protects can become a cage if we are not careful. What preserves that…

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  • Goodness

    Goodness

    Goodness done, spreads out like flowing water, touching lives in ripples, gentle waves. Goodness withheld is missed like a blown kiss, or forgotten rains. Goodness, action or being? God gives no man this name.Yet we can walk the path he paved and read each stone footprints engraved with Goodness spelling out his love, in actions…

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  • Six Word Story (102)

    Six Word Story (102)

    I have an intimate understanding of winter. I have felt the bite of -45 temperatures, the grind of shovelling mountains of snow, the loneliness of dark gray days. I am thankful for each of these things. Winter goes with its dangers, but so does summer. Just as the sun of summer holds a blessing, so…

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  • Kindness

    Kindness

    A single actwordor gesture.The power to propelguardor gather.Embodies compassion,making it action. A smileor nod,unexpected applaud.Really seeing,beingpresent. Kindnessis mindful,refuses to stiflewhen it can’t understand.Knows God’s handhas the endplanned. Copyright ©2023 Mary Grace van der Kroef Available titles by Mary Grace van der Kroef

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