Words: Pam Davis

When you give God the reins of your life, you never know where He is going to take you. As a writer, I wanted to share the message that has dramatically changed my own life. I envisioned myself reaching women who, like me, were academics but had missed out on the pivotal truth of God’s grace. I informed God of this vision and trusted Him for direction. The fact that I am now devoting a great portion of my time to creating make-believe stories for young girls, dressing dolls, and creating web games is evidence of both His creativity and sense of humour. Allow me to explain.

I remember a time in my life when grace seemed completely buried. I grew up in a Christian home, and we attended a wonderful church where I was introduced to the Lord and received His grace for salvation. Sad to say, however, that while this grace changed my eternal destiny, my relationship with Christ stagnated out of my ignorance. I wasn’t ignorant about the Scriptures; I was ignorant about the person of the Scriptures. It’s not that I didn’t try to know Him. On the contrary, I was consumed with the idea that if I just acted like Jesus for long enough, I would really be like Him. When I was just a third grader, I would pull out my little Bible with the ornate pictures and have my Barbie tell all the stories to my friends who had come to play. The only problem, which my girlfriends were quick to point out, was that “Barbie would never say that.”  And they were right.

Wait a minute, I thought, I know the Bible.  Then Gwen continued, “You know nothing of the word grace.” My mind raced, mentally searching the glossaries of my theology textbooks. Then Gwen said, “For you, recovery is simply an understanding of God’s grace.”