While the fiancé and I were out doing some last minute Christmas shopping, we decided to stop by Panera for a quick bite. (FYI, their new mac & cheese is so tasty!!) As we were eating, we were hearing names called out for other orders and one of the names hit me, “Grace.”

Earlier this month I had done a lot of thinking about the topic of grace, and while my thoughts are still in a seemingly perpetual limbo on the matter, my brain somehow stuck to it. I asked him what names, if any, he’d had picked out for any future daughters we may have, and he named off a few. I asked about Grace and he said he loved it. Only God knows if we’ll have children, let alone a girl, and if we’ll end up naming her Grace, but I think this was perhaps a gentle nudge to revisit the topic of grace and especially in this Advent season (as it comes to a close), I feel it’s doubly important.

So, what are your thoughts on grace? God’s grace, the name Grace, falling from grace, etc. - spill it all! I want to know.