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    Grace for the Gaps: Rejoicing in Jesus on Life's Journey
    Grace for the Gaps: Rejoicing in Jesus on Life's Journey
    Grace for the Gaps: Rejoicing in Jesus on Life's Journey
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    Grace for the Gaps: Rejoicing in Jesus on Life's Journey

    By Kerry Johnson

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    Join Christ-follower, wife, mom, and writer Kerry as she journeys lifes gap-filled road toward her Savior. She has a childhood-born, adult-tested faith in Gods most precious gift to us, Jesus, and her hearts desire is her simple words direct others to His glory.

    Grace for the Gaps is filled with humorous and poignant true stories inspired by Kerrys experiences as a wife and mom of two rambunctious, lizard-loving boys. Whether its the hectic, humorous moments of parenting, maneuvering the beautiful covenant relationship of marriage, or the day-to-day struggles to hide Gods word in our hearts, Kerry shares how Gods grace covers our failings and His word is truly a lamp to our feet and a light to our path.

    Kerrys prayer is that Grace for the Gaps reminds readers that Jesus love never changes and His abundant grace fills every gap on lifes bumpy road.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherWestBow Press
    Release dateJun 26, 2013
    ISBN9781449795092
    Grace for the Gaps: Rejoicing in Jesus on Life's Journey
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    Kerry Johnson

    Kerry Johnson has been conversing with fictional characters and devouring books since her childhood in the Connecticut woods. A long-time member of ACFW (American Christian Fiction Writers), she’s a seven-time Genesis Contest finalist and two-time winner. Kerry lives on the sunny, stormy west coast of Florida with her family, a lazy boxer and a tempermental sun conure, and way too many books. She loves long walks, all creatures great and small, and iced chai tea.

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      Grace for the Gaps - Kerry Johnson

      SECTION ONE

      GOD’S CREATION

      Grace is the free, undeserved goodness and favor of God to mankind.—Matthew Henry

      In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. Genesis 1:1

      STARS AND HORSES

      CAN YOU COVER THAT?

      Cole’s voice barely stretched across the small cabin. I stopped unpacking and looked over at our just-turned-seven-year old. It was nearly 10:00 p.m., and we were finally settling into our cabin in northwestern Pennsylvania after a two-day drive from Tampa.

      Cover what? As the words slipped out, I saw what Cole was staring nervously at. High on the brick wall above the fireplace, looking directly down at our two little boys, was a mounted deer’s head. Cole’s tired blue eyes were propped wide open as he gazed at the deer’s head. Understanding swept through me.

      Just a few minutes prior, I looked with nearly the same nervous stare at the blind and curtain-free kitchen window. Inky darkness poured into the cabin through the large window. Even though there wasn’t anyone nearby who would look inside, I breathed a sigh of relief when my handy hubby found an extra green blanket and covered the window.

      Trevor came to the rescue again. He found a small towel and covered the morbid wall decoration. We shared a giggle at the blanketed deer’s face. I knew Cole felt more comfortable with the deer’s head covered just as I felt better having the large kitchen window covered.

      What that all taken care of, we murmured at the boys to go to sleep. While I puttered around the cabin, I found myself at the blanketed kitchen window again and again. I peeped behind the blanket and through the window at the towering pine just a few feet away. I wondered what was out there, what the cloak of night and sparkling stars looked like in the heart of this beautiful country.

      But I was too afraid and always melded back into the safety of the cabin. As I lay in the darkness, God’s Word lit up my heart and mind: The heavens declare the glory of God, and the firmament shows His handiwork (Psalm 19:1). Then I recited the following verse: The heavens are Yours, the earth also is Yours; The world and all its fullness, You have founded them (Psalm 89:11).

      The next evening, after a day filled with fishing, hiking, and tadpole-feeding at the lake, we headed back from the large farmhouse where the rest of our family was staying. As we approached the red cabin door, we heard loud crunching sounds and the occasional stamping of feet. My heart took flight.

      Horses!

      They were out in the pasture for the night, and I was drawn to them like the moths zigzagging around the cabin’s porch light.

      Trevor took the boys into the cabin, but I stayed outside. I looked around and acknowledged the uncomfortable feeling of being blanketed in near-darkness in a strange place. Stronger than the feeling of fear was the unshakable knowledge that my Creator was closer than the darkness. God’s Word promises that He will not leave us or forsake us (Deuteronomy 31:6 and 8, Joshua 1:5).

      I didn’t want fear to keep me away from God’s beautiful creation just over the hill. I wanted to see stars and horses.

      I ran the dozen yards up to the pasture’s fence, anticipation sending shivers through my limbs. As charcoal night descended, I took in the breathtaking beauty just outside our cabin window.

      The night sky was so generously dotted with bright stars that I blinked in surprise. They winked against the ebony darkness like diamonds. A cool breeze blew down from the woods, rustling the trees and whispering through the grass.

      Just a few yards past the fence were a dozen horses grazing on the waist-high grass. Moonlight shimmered off black, sorrel, bay, and dapple gray coats. I soaked in their sleek beauty while I listened to the voracious crunching of their grass dinner. Sharp, random cries of crickets echoed throughout the field.

      The constant spark of lightning bugs accented the scene like tiny fissures of joy.

      I was caught in a moment so surreal I nearly lost my breath. God’s fingerprints lovingly pieced together what I saw that night. I’ve always loved horses. I adore stargazing, and my favorite place is outside in the middle of God’s creation.

      Before my eyes, I saw all of what I love. With my three guys nestled in the cabin behind me and the gorgeous stage of God’s creation set in front of me, my heart overflowed.

      For the earth will be filled with the knowledge of the glory of the Lord, as the waters cover the sea (Habakkuk 2:14).

      Prayer for the Path:

      Thank You, Lord that no matter what, You never leave us or forsake us. Thank You for Your amazing grace, and that Your wondrous works declare that Your name is near. Amen.

      SLIME TRAILS AND SPECIAL STONES

      HAVING TWO BOYS CREATED IN me a fascination with all things—okay, most things—creepy crawly. (Large arachnids need not apply.) Wherever Cole, Chase, and I are, three sets of eyes are on the lookout for critters and unusual bugs. While I was walking with Chase one morning, we ended up nose-to-sidewalk, nearly face-to-face with a charcoal-black slug. Chase was excited because we’d recently checked out a book from the library about slugs and snails and learned about the trail of slime they leave in their wakes.

      He marked his path in case he forgets where he’s from! Chase said.

      After watching the slug’s slow progress for a few moments we headed home, and a story from the Bible came to mind. The boys and I had recently read about Joshua leading the Israelites through the Jordan River into the Promised Land and how God had held back the waters as His people crossed over the river in the following verse:

      And it came to pass, as soon as the soles of the feet of the priests who bear the ark of the Lord, the Lord of all the earth, shall rest in the waters of the Jordan, that the waters of the Jordan shall be cut off, the waters that come down from upstream, and they shall stand as a heap. (Joshua 3:13)

      After the people had safely crossed onto dry land, the Lord commanded Joshua and one man from each tribe to bring a stone from the river and carry them over with you and leave them in the lodging place where you lodge tonight (Joshua 4:3).

      And these stones shall be for a memorial to the children of Israel forever, as it says in Joshua 4:7.

      In His infinite wisdom, God instructed Joshua and His people to mark their trail by placing a memorial in remembrance of what He had done. It wasn’t a pointless pile of stone and rock. Instead, it was a granite marker for generations to come that Israel crossed over this Jordan on dry land (Joshua 4:22).

      It marked a miracle of epic proportions… and the faithfulness

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