Grace Found Me

by Grace D. Chong

Where do you escape when you're one minute away from drowning in the sea of responsibilities? Is there a place where you can park your doubts and worries?

Is there anyone out there who will make you feel safe to admit that you need help and you can't do everything?

Grace Found Me - all 365 entries of it - points you to Him who can give rest to your heart and soul. For a few minutes each day, you can retreat to your own quiet corner and enjoy His soothing embrace. You will be surprised at what and who He can use to remind you that you no longer need to fret.

Amidst the busyness and demands of life, you can feel at peace with God, with yourself, and with others. Discover how like beautiful wildflowers scattered by the roadside, signs of God's enduring presence and love are sprinkled all around you. You can still smile because you're home. You're safe. Grace found you.

Paperback

First published January 1, 2010

About the author

Grace Dacanay-Chong as a little girl loved listening to stories told by her grandmother. At age five, she began writing short stories. After 20 years of doing TV/radio commercials and print ads as Creative Director/Executive Vice-President in a multinational advertising agency, she decided to write full time. Today, she has written over 20 books. Three of her children's books have won first prize in the Don Carlos Palanca Memorial Awards for Literature, and one was nominated in the National Book Awards.

Reviews

[Debbie · Rating 4 out of 5]

Part of my daily morning read to start the day refreshed and inspired

[Michelle Padrelanan · Rating 5 out of 5]

At last, I get to review a book by a local author, our very own, Ms. Grace D. Chong. I came to know about Ms. Grace Chong’s books through her children’s books – the Oh Mateo! series. I have been buying the Oh Mateo! series to read to my kids, and we all love it so much! So it is with much excitement when I received her new devotional for women, Grace Found Me – 365 Thoughts for Busy Women.

Christian bookstores are filled to the brim with devotionals, isn’t it? Except those devotionals are written by authors from other countries. Not that I’m saying they’re not good, because most really are. What I mean is that with Grace Found Me, you are reading daily devotions from the viewpoint of a Filipina woman, mother, teacher & writer.

The book cover alone will make you want to pick it up. It is very feminine with colors of pink blending with orange and with flowers embossed on it. It is about the same size as my Bible – mid-size – just right for putting it in my bag and bringing it along with me for my private time with God.

Everyday, Ms. Chong shares excerpts of her life with her family, or stories of other people she has met. It’s so refreshing - here is a book I’m reading and I can relate to what she is writing about. Whether she’s writing about her family stuck on the highway with a flat tire, a woman who got caught padding receipts, motherhood, joy & pain, she always points the way to God’s unrelentless grace. It’s good to know that there are other women out there going through what I and other women I know are going through. It is even better to realize that even as we go through life’s highs and lows, we have a faithful God whose grace is limitless. And this is what Grace Found Me is all about!



Disclosure: I received a free copy of this book from the author in exchange for this review.

[Mary Grace · Rating 5 out of 5]

My breakfast!