A security guard wrestling with temptation. A teenage boy learning to serve. A lonely Christmas worker surprised by kindness. A family holding hands in prayer while carrying the weight of absence. These brief but powerful tales reveal how God's love manifests in the most ordinary circumstances. These aren't fairy tales or heavy-handed parables. They're glimpses of the sacred embedded in the real world, where small acts of generosity reveal the multiplication of grace.
You know if there's one thing I love it is seeing God's fingerprints just below the surface of everyday life. The author told me that these stories are the very thing I love to find and he was right. I was worried that they might be sentimental, fantasies of Christian life. But no, these are the real thing. They're presented as fiction but come from moments the author witnessed. I know that when I told my husband about the "Thanksgiving Texts" story, he said, "I know that story. I read it in the news." That's when I realized what treasures these little, 500 word tales are. I myself found them touching and inspirational.
This is a book worth keeping as a devotional or to give to someone who needs those glimpses of grace to unlock their vision for their own lives of faith. Highly recommended.
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