Grace Kelley

Cultivate for the Harvest

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Grace Kelley

Hi! I'm Grace. I am a small-home-maker and Mama to two precious babes, with whom God has seen fit to entrust me. I married my high school sweet heart, who turns out to be a super smart mechanical engineer (opposites attract!) And I am a follower of King Jesus, learning what it looks like to Cultivate a Heart at Rest in the presence of my Sovereign King Jesus. Will you follow along with me? I promise, we'll walk slowly.

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Last year I had this plant that i couldn’t identify. I asked everyone, no one had any idea what it was. Then this spring, from the ashes of that strange plant comes this... asparagus. Turns out asparagus when it is ‘ferned out’ looks nothing at all like asparagus. But this mystery plant that I stakes up to the fence when it grew taller, because I knew it must be SOMETHING, was gathering nutrients for this springs harvest. Sometimes God asks us to be faithful with things we don’t even know what they are yet. And then all of a sudden... the blessing! When you realize that the thing you can tended and cared for was something so wonderful all along. And again I am harvesting what I haven’t sown, and it falls on me like the greatest gift. #faithfulness #lessonsfrommygarden #slowdownandpickthings #giftfromgod

First cutting from the garden! Chives for the roast chicken and sweet potatoes for dinner. #slowdownandpickthings

So I’ve been on sabbatical. And I still am, but I wanted to share with you this new habit I’m starting. I call it, ‘leaving my Bible open’. Profound name right? 😜 I heard this habit from a friend at church awhile back @emyoung9, that it was her way of increasing scripture intake throughout the day even if she didn’t have a dedicated quiet time. Then I have been thinking of a quote I read somewhere recently that was like ‘Satan is trying to destroy you every second of the day, why do you put your sword away after 15 minutes of morning reading?’ Super convicting. So last week I was thinking how my life might be different if I left my Bible open. How would my Motherhood be different? My encouragement of my husband? My encouragements to other women? My writing? And let me tell you, so far, it’s been awesome. I find it so much easier to go to the word for rest than to Netflix, easier to remember who is the boss of this whole thing, where my place is in all of it. We need God’s word so much more than we actually make use of it. Give it a shot! Leave your Bible open with me today.

Just finished listening to @emilypfreeman ‘s latest episode of ‘The Next Right Thing’ podcast, and it was so encouraging to my heart. Lately I’ve felt discouraged, stuck and frustrated, especially in my writing life. I haven’t written a blog since Valentines Day, and I’ve felt like maybe I can’t do this writer thing after all. But Emily’s kind words reminded me that sometimes we have to be willing to hold on to our faith as we walk through the fog, waiting for whatever is coming next. For that idea to mature, or for it to have its time. She also reminds us that sometimes our work requires we ‘walk slowly with the candle lit’, as we pursue our next right thing in love. If you need some encouragement in your next right step, check it out! #thenextrightthingpodcast and thank you dear readers, for sticking with me as I walk through a period of reevaluating and rethinking things.

Finally getting away to write today, and God only knows what will come of it. But at the very least I expect to come away refreshed by the Spirit of the Living God. #amwriting

Sometimes I get really discouraged in my attempts at gluten free and dairy free baking and cooking. You know, you think back to the days when you’d bake a traditional chocolate cake from scratch just for you and the hubs to eat... and now with your daughters various food issues you miss just making delicious things just because. That’s why I’m super excited to try this double chocolate coconut flour muffin recipe tonight! They smell amazing and look so pretty too! @leelalicious I found your recipe on Pinterest and my daughter and I just had to make them instantly! #glutenfree #dairyfree #delicious

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