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Days of Grace: Meditation and Practices for Living With Illness

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Early in the mornings (most days), I make toast and coffee, feed my cat and then sit in a comfortable red chair, often with a throw, partake of "bread and wine" and give thanks to God that I have been given the gift of life. My mind wanders the world of people and events and sometimes places.

Part of my routine for the last three months has been to read a daily meditation from Mary Earle's aptly named book, Days of Grace. The meditations are grounded in how life is rather than how I so often desire it to be. I have been struck by the creative way Mary has painted practices in response to events that could embitter or crush. I have been enabled to see God's presence in my own life when, instead, I could have dwelled where God was not. Can there be any place where God is not? I find that as I live with Days of Grace my heart is being softened.

Do I recommend Days of Grace? Oh, yes, yes, yes!