About Marcia
Some Things About Her
Marcia Grant is a special education teacher; she has been teaching mostly at the elementary level for the past seventeen years. She currently works at a public charter school in the District of Columbia.
A Jamaican by birth, she enjoys cooking ethnic dishes and spending quiet time at home.
She dreams of traveling the world as a motivational speaker, but most importantly she hopes that one day she will nestle in the perfect will of God and find everlasting joy and marvelous rest for her soul.
Testimonials
The author's testimonies and life experiences helps her readers face life challenges with a positive attitude thus building Christ-like character...This devotional is like a breath of fresh air each morning.
When I began to read this book, I was amazed as I started to discover the remarkable change that I was experiencing...It is an inspired, refreshing, poetic, humorous, encouraging, amazing and exciting book...
What She Does
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Writing
In her dreams, she is an accomplished author at the top of her game, but in reality she is a "struggling author." Her work is as flawed as she is! She was never able to pay top dollar and produce masterpieces, but she is happy for the authenticity of her writing. She is most honest when she speaks to God (prayers) and when she writes. At both times she is bare. Whether her soul is filled with joy or she is broken; only then is she rendered naked by truth. -
Teaching
Teaching was never her ideal job; but God knew that children needed her, and she needed them more. Her life has been touched and her heart forever changed by the lessons learned from children. They have been master teachers and nightly she prays that she has made a difference in even one child's life. Truly, I say to you, unless you turn and become like children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven. Matthew 18: 3 -
Speaking
She believes that God has given her the "gift of gab." What an irony, because when she was much younger she was a relatively quiet child. She thinks she has found her voice, but prays that her words will ever be filled with grace (Colossians 4: 6). Her personal prayer is that God will use her at every speaking engagement to be a skilled orator for His glory. -
Loving
She loves her family, her friends, and now truly loves herself, but is daily learning to love God sincerely. The funny thing about loving God is that He requires you to love others. Others! She demonstrates God's love as she surrenders to His will to love and serve others. Beloved, if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another. 1 John 4: 11 See also 1 Corinthians 13: 13, Philippians 2: 3-4, 1 John 4: 19-21, Matthew 5: 43-48, and John 13: 34.
This is a daily devotional book for women written by a woman. However, this is also a book that men can read and find very insightful and refreshing. Although the author is not world-renowned, her writing is based on her spiritual experiences and calls on the life lessons of her family and friends.
Author Allesley Officer has had just one wish her entire life—to be loved. Even
though she has always known the Creator of the universe cared for her, she never
truly understood the depth of His love until her life became a suicidal travesty.
