Pre-Approved by Him

I’ll tell you the truth: it took me forever to get the concept of grace.

I admitted that to a group of women at a retreat this past weekend, and when I said it out loud, that grace wasn’t anything I’d heard much about as a child and a young adult, they were visibly aghast. I felt a little bit like a failure in that moment, but what can I say? It’s the truth.

For the longest time, I thought “grace” was what you said over your turkey and gravy once a year on Thanksgiving. We didn’t talk much abou...