Grace Will Be There: Finding God in the Life We Aren't Ready For

Katie M. Kelley is living a life she never expected. Single parenting. Six kids. Foster care. Adoption. A son with a significant disability. She's faced pain, unmet expectations, and heartache. If she'd known life was going to have so much sorrow and hardship, she would have raised the white flag long ago. But instead, she's found that God, in His wisdom, gives us moment-by-moment grace—when we need it.

Grace Will Be There is a beautifully penned collection of essays pointing the reader to the thread of God's provision in every season of life, especially in seasons we did not or cannot prepare for. Katie shares real-life stories that will both pull at your heart and make you laugh. Showcasing the beautiful truth that God gives us grace for each new circumstance day by day, season by season, challenge by challenge, this book encourages us to relinquish control and trust Him. Knowing grace will be there—again—is the footing beneath each step we take.

Katie has experienced restoration—where God's mercy and our repentance meet. She's found common graces of friendship, creativity, and laughter in the midst of loss, chaos, and hardships. And she invites readers to trust God that whatever they are facing, Grace Will Be There.

Grace is knowing we are rescued and living in response to that truth with a radical, otherworldly humility; with love and selflessness and a perspective that remembers today is just one day, it's not forever. It's resting in God's sovereignty and even more, trusting in His goodness, especially when life doesn't feel good.

"More than a collection of essays, Grace Will Be There is a literary stack of Ebenezer stones. Masterfully written with profound vulnerability, Katie looks back on her life through a lens of mercy and miracles—featuring a redemption arc only God could write. You will laugh. You will definitely cry. And by the end, you'll be tracing the throughline of grace in your own life, gobsmacked with gratitude for a Savior who promises He's not done with us yet."
—Ashlee Gadd, author of Create Anyway

"I'm not sure there's an author who writes more honestly, more vulnerably, and yet more hopefully than Katie. Whether you've experienced similar heartaches as Katie or you're living a far different story, these essays will help you feel seen and understood in the midst of whatever you're facing. But even more than that, this book will help you trace the thread of grace in your own life. As you read these pages, you'll laugh, you'll cry, and you'll know, without a doubt, that God's grace will always be enough."
—Sarah J. Hauser, writer, editor, speaker, and author of All Who Are Weary