Where Heaven Meets Earth: Finding Grace in God’s Glory
We live in a world that teaches us to chase the big, the beautiful, the breathtaking. We scroll through highlight reels and dream of mountaintop moments: radiant sunsets, answered prayers, overflowing joy. And while God certainly meets us in those places, the truth is: His glory is just as present in the quiet, the mundane, the overlooked.
Welcome to the heart of our newest collection, Heaven Meets Earth — a sacred invitation to open your eyes to the divine woven into your everyday. This is a collection born out of awe and anchored in grace. And this is a story about what happens when God’s glory comes close enough to touch, and when we slow down enough to receive it.
1. What Is God’s Glory, Really?
When Moses asked, “Show me Your glory” in Exodus 33, he wasn’t just asking for fireworks. He was asking to see the full character of God. His beauty. His power. His mercy. His goodness.
In the Hebrew, the word for glory(kabod), carries the weight of God’s presence. It literally means “weight” or “heaviness.” It’s the sense you feel when something holy enters the room, even if nothing on the outside has changed. It’s the stillness that makes you catch your breath, the peace that settles into your bones, the sense that you are standing on holy ground, even if you're barefoot in your living room.
God’s glory isn’t distant. It’s near. And it’s full of grace.
2. The Grace of the In-Between
We often associate glory with the extraordinary — burning bushes, parted seas, miracles in the margins. But if we only look for God there, we’ll miss Him.
Glory shows up when you're wiping crumbs off the counter and you suddenly realize your home is full of life.
It’s in the quiet moment at your desk when a verse you’ve read a hundred times suddenly feels alive.
It’s in the way your heart softens during worship, even though your week was hard.
It’s in the unexplainable peace that whispers, “You’re not alone.”
This is where grace lives, not just in salvation, but in the sustaining presence of a God who chooses to dwell with us. Grace is what fills the gap between our brokenness and His holiness. It's what bridges the eternal with the now.
When we open our eyes to glory, we find grace. And when we receive grace, we see just how close heaven really is.
3. What It Means to “Abide” in Glory
God’s glory isn’t a performance. It’s a presence.
The world says hustle, impress, curate. But the Word says abide.
“Abide in me, and I in you,” Jesus says in John 15.
To abide is to remain, to stay, to dwell.
It’s easy to feel like we need to “earn” God’s closeness :through quiet times, good behavior, or doing “big things” for the Kingdom. But the glory of God was never about what we could achieve. It was always about what He freely gives.
When Jesus walked the earth, He was the glory of God in human form (John 1:14). He didn’t wait for people to clean themselves up before He showed them the Father’s heart. He touched lepers. Sat with sinners. Wept with the grieving. Broke bread with the overlooked.
The glory of God doesn’t avoid our mess. It enters it ,and brings grace with it.
4. Living in the “Heaven Meets Earth” Tension
We are living in the already and not yet. Caught between the perfection of heaven and the brokenness of earth. And yet, as believers, we’re invited to live as people who hold both.
The Heaven Meets Earth collection was born out of this beautiful tension. It’s a reminder that God's presence isn't confined to Sunday mornings or spiritual highs. It's present in your commute. Your conversations. Your cup of coffee. Your quiet grief. Your growing joy.
God’s glory shows up in cracked oyster shells turned to beauty. In the breeze off the coast. In laughter around your kitchen table. In prayer journals scribbled with both doubts and declarations.
The goal isn’t to escape earth to find heaven. It’s to recognize that Jesus brought heaven to earth. And He still does.
5. How to See His Glory and Receive His Grace Today
So how do we start to live more aware of His glory and grace?
Here are a few gentle rhythms to help:
🌿 Start with a simple prayer:
“Lord, show me Your glory here.” Whether you're in a season of waiting, working, or wondering, invite Him to open your eyes.
📖 Stay in Scripture:
The more we know His character, the more we’ll recognize His glory. Not just in miracles, but in mercy.
✍️ Keep a Glory + Grace Journal:
Each day, write down:
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Where did I notice God’s presence?
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Where did I experience grace I didn’t deserve?
☕ Slow down and look up:
Take a walk without your phone. Light a candle before you pray. Linger over lunch with a friend. Be present. Heaven often whispers, not shouts.
6. When Glory Looks Like Surrender
Sometimes, the most glorious thing we can do is say, “I can’t — but You can.”
There is deep, radiant grace in surrender.
When we let go of trying to control outcomes, fix people, or prove our worth, we make space for God's glory to fill the gaps. He's not just beside us in church, but within us in every detail of our lives.
Closing Words: Let It Be on Earth as It Is in Heaven
Church Girl, wherever you are reading this know this: You are standing on holy ground. Not because of the place, but because of the Presence.
God’s glory is not far off. It’s here. It’s in the sky above you and the Spirit within you. It’s in the unexpected text that lifts your heart, in the strength to try again, in the peace that doesn’t make sense.
The grace of God flows from His glory — and it’s yours to receive, right here, right now.
This is where heaven meets earth.
Your Church Girl Bestie,
Kim
