by Sally Metzger | Mar 10, 2023 | Divine Design, God's Gift, God’s Grace, Raining Grace
A Gift Concealed Recently, it seemed my peace was surgically removed. Because of years of the repetitive motion of typing as a teacher and writer, I had an operation to cushion my thumb joint. I experienced the loss of the use of my dominant hand, pain, swelling,...
by Sally Metzger | Jan 30, 2023 | God’s Grace, Prayer, Raining Grace
During my action-packed, responsibility-laden teaching days, sleeping wasn’t always easy. Praying and relaxing my muscles usually helped me drift off at night, but one night I was drifting nowhere. I was stuck firmly—exactly where I’d been all day—awake. It didn’t...
by Sally Metzger | Dec 2, 2022 | Divine Encounter, God’s Grace, Prayer, Raining Grace
Divine Encounter |I Struggled to Give My Son a Faith I Didn’t Have| I flew out of bed at the sound of Brian’s chilling screams. My five-year-old sometimes had bad dreams, but this was different. The air in his room seemed charged with danger and dread. “It’s...
by Sally Metzger | Dec 2, 2021 | God’s Grace, Grace of God, Prayer, Raining Grace
Authenticity Begins Where Ego Ends Most of us struggle to be authentic. If we don’t win the battle to be ourselves, our self will never have a chance to be. No one else can take over the privilege and challenge of our self-expression. I believe the glorious freedom of...
by Sally Metzger | Dec 2, 2021 | God’s Grace, Raining Grace
Bloopers, Embarrassments, and Benefits Spiritual Growth Hack I’d just received a contract to publish my early reader, The Night of Mysterious Blessings. I was emailing Deb Haggerty, the Publisher and Editor in Chief of Elk Lake Publishing, the dream company soon...
by Sally Metzger | Dec 2, 2021 | God’s Grace, Introduction
Raining Grace – Introduction to My Blog Today, be aware. God’s Life floods your heart. It’s always Raining Grace. “Do the thing and you will have the power” (Ralph Waldo Emerson). It’s a quote I try to live by. I believe we all have...
