Sea Glass | A Hearthside Study

Sea Glass | A Hearthside Study

A 12-page individual Bible study about the slow work of grace, faithful endurance, and the renewal God brings day by day.

It begins as something broken.

Somewhere between the breaking and the finding, the edges soften.

Sea Glass begins with summer trips to Topsail Island and the search for small, colorful fragments along the shore. From glass gradually shaped by waves and tides comes a deeper question—where might God be working within us when healing, clarity, or change comes more slowly than we hoped?

Rooted in James 1:2–4 and 2 Corinthians 4:16–18, this Hearthside Study considers what it means to let patience have its full work and to trust the inward renewal Scripture describes as happening day by day. It explores faithful endurance, honest healing, and the ordinary ways grace shapes us without erasing our history or asking us to pretend the pain never happened.

Inside the 12-page designed PDF, you’ll find the original Sea Glass essay, Scripture readings and context, eight guided study and reflection questions, personal reflection prompts, a closing prayer and application, and space for notes. The study can be worked through quietly on your own or shared informally with others around a table.

This download includes: one 12-page, full-color designed PDF for personal use.

Want to gather a group around the table? Sea Glass | A Hearthside Gathering includes this study along with the complete host and gathering materials.