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Welcome to Graceful Reflections
the official blog of M.C. Kennedy


The God Who Cares
“You search out my path and my lying down and are acquainted with all my ways.” (Psalm 139:3) In Psalm 139, David wrote about a great...

Grace Johnson
Jul 15, 20192 min read


God’s Precious Law
“Oh how I love Your law! It is my meditation all the day.” (Psalm 119:97) Psalm 119 is the longest chapter in the entire Bible. In the...

Grace Johnson
Jul 8, 20192 min read


To Call Upon God
“In the day of my trouble I call upon You, for You answer me.” (Psalm 86:7) There are few people in the Bible who had more recorded...

Grace Johnson
Jul 1, 20192 min read


Hope in God
“I say to God, my rock: ‘Why have You forgotten me? Why do I go mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?’” (Psalm 42:9) The book...

Grace Johnson
Jun 24, 20192 min read


Seeing God
“‘I had heard of You by the hearing of the ear, but now my eye sees You….’” (Job 42:5) After Job and his friends had their famous debate...

Grace Johnson
Jun 17, 20192 min read


Transgression… or Trial?
“‘If you will seek God and plead with the Almighty for mercy, if you are pure and upright, surely then He will rouse Himself for you and...

Grace Johnson
Jun 10, 20192 min read


Inspect, Not Expect
“While this was taking place, I was not in Jerusalem for … I went to the king. And after some time I asked leave of the king and came to...

Grace Johnson
Jun 3, 20193 min read


Obedience Amidst Hardship
“Then Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel and Jeshua the son of Jozadak arose and began to rebuild the house of God that is in Jerusalem, and...

Grace Johnson
May 27, 20193 min read


With a Whole Heart
“And [Amaziah] did what was right in the eyes of the LORD, yet not with a whole heart.” (2 Chronicles 25:2) There were quite a few kings...

Grace Johnson
May 20, 20192 min read


Great Things for God
“‘But the LORD said to David my father, “Whereas it was in your heart to build a house for My name, you did well that it was in your...

Grace Johnson
May 13, 20193 min read


The Key to Answered Prayers
“And when they prevailed over them, the Hagrites and all who were with them were given into their hands, for they cried out to God in the...

Grace Johnson
May 6, 20193 min read


God’s Everlasting Covenant
“But the LORD was gracious to them and had compassion on them, and He turned toward them, because of His covenant with Abraham, Isaac,...

Grace Johnson
Apr 29, 20192 min read


Misplaced Trust
“And Jeroboam said in his heart, ‘Now the kingdom will turn back to the house of David.…’ So the king took counsel and made two calves of...

Grace Johnson
Apr 22, 20193 min read


The Effects of Sin
“Then David said to Gad, ‘I am in great distress. Let us fall into the hand of the LORD, for His mercy is great….’ So the LORD sent a...

Grace Johnson
Apr 15, 20193 min read


The Struggle with Sin
“And when the mourning was over, David sent and brought her to his house, and she became his wife and bore him a son. But the thing that...

Grace Johnson
Apr 8, 20192 min read


Getting What’s Bad For You
“But the people refused to obey the voice of Samuel. And they said, ‘No! But there shall be a king over us, that we also may be like all...

Grace Johnson
Apr 1, 20193 min read


God’s Incredible Patience
“And the LORD said to the people of Israel, ‘Did I not save you from the Egyptians and from the Amorites, from the Ammonites and from the...

Grace Johnson
Mar 25, 20192 min read


Standing on the Promises
“Not one word of all the good promises that the LORD had made to the house of Israel had failed; all came to pass.” (Joshua 21:45) After...

Grace Johnson
Mar 18, 20192 min read


God’s Friend
“And there has not arisen a prophet since in Israel like Moses, whom the LORD knew face to face….” (Deuteronomy 34:10) Moses, like all...

Grace Johnson
Mar 11, 20193 min read


To Fear and Obey
“‘Oh that they had such a heart as this always, to fear Me and to keep all My commandments, that it might go well with them and with...

Grace Johnson
Mar 4, 20192 min read
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