Running Into Grace
2 Corinthians 5:17 “Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away; behold, the new has come.”
Salina never stayed in one place too long—jobs, relationships, even cities. Her calendar was full of concerts, road trips, and late nights that blurred. She liked it that way. No one depended on her, and she depended on no one.
Until one spring afternoon, something felt… off.
She was halfway through a run, earbuds in, thoughts drifting, when a wave of nausea stopped her mid-stride. She doubled over on the side of the trail. Her heart was pounding for a different reason now.
Later that evening, she waited, then took a test.
Two red lines. She was pregnant.
She stared at the ceiling long after midnight, the weight of the future pressing down like never before. What kind of future am I building for this child? Is there more to life than this? What do I really believe?
The questions scared her, but they also stirred something inside that refused to settle.
So, she walked into a church she had passed a hundred times before. She slipped into the back row. The songs were unfamiliar. The people were strangers, but something about it made her stay.
Weeks passed. Then one Sunday, someone shared the story of Jesus with such simple clarity, it disarmed her. She heard about His love that covered everything—regret, restlessness, rebellion.
When the invitation at the end of service came to receive Christ, she said yes. She let Him in.
Now, two years later, her daughter toddles barefoot through her grandmother’s kitchen while Salina laces up her running shoes again.
Midway through the run, she stops. Not because she is sick again—but because it is Mother’s Day. And she remembers.
God had met her on that sidewalk when she least expected it. He saved her not just from her past, but for her future.
Perhaps that is what you need to hear today—that the same God is still present, still near, and still ready to meet you exactly where you are.
All you have to do is stop, ask, and let Him in.
