Monday, April 3, 2017
21 Days of Grace: Stories that Celebrate God's Unconditional Love compiled by Kathy Ide, © 2015
A Fiction Lover’s Devotional series, Book 1

Fictional stories followed by brief life applications written by best-selling Christian novelists and debut authors, including Angela Hunt, Cindy Woodsmall, and Deborah Raney. Great for individual or group study.

My Review:
A hardcover devotional just the right size to take along with you for moments to read while you wait. Whether you are at the doctor's office or in a school zone picking up your child, you will find just the right time to read a devotional by a favorite or soon to be! author.

Grace ~ Grace ~ God's Grace
This is a compilation of sharings of how God has met them in their daily adventure. Twenty-one days of freedom to experience individually. These stories parallel the grace we have been given. Accepting it or placing focus only on what we have known, is the decision our choice will make ~ rejecting a burden to rely completely upon His love offered to us.

You will enjoy refreshing as you also re-read these devotions and apply them for yourself, beneficial to others! Seeing with new eyes, possibilities. Honoring another, receiving help given to you, when you usually fill a need you observe in others, allows them to give. A gift to both!

Each day has a life application and author introduction. There is a ribbon bookmark ready to keep your place. Short reads, but their reflective thought will stay with you. They would make a good around the table devotional for discussion over tea and scones, adding applicable Scripture examples with them. Any one of the day stories would be a good conversation opener for small gatherings to share life experiences where God has shown His grace.

This little book would make a nice tuck-in gift. You may even find a new author you would like to follow after reading their fiction story here that magnifies God's unconditional love for each of us in our daily life. A snippet that will tug at your heart and stay with you long after the day has begun.

***Thank you, Celebrate Lit for including me in the book tour for 21 Days of Grace and sending a copy to me. This review was written in my own words. No other compensation was received.*** ( )

21 Days of Grace is a collection of inspirational stories compiled by Kathy Ide. For me, there were a number of familiar authors who contributed and several new ones as well. These fictional short stories touch on a number of real-life issues, such as separation from family, sudden death of a loved one, homelessness, foster children, and marital problems, to name a few. Issues that resonate in reader's hearts. Issues that God can work through and in the midst of He bestows grace and brings peace. At the end of each story, the individual author has written a short Life Application, enabling the reader to consider what the story might be saying in a more personal way. The actual book is a small hardback (easy to tuck in a purse for a quick read on the run) with a lacy border on each page and colorful butterflies throughout. It is a lovely book that would make a great gift for yourself or a friend who might just need to see the grace of God in a new and encouraging light.
I received a complimentary copy of this book from the author via CelebrateLit. A favorable review was not required and opinions are my own. This review is part of a CelebrateLit blog tour. ( )