March 21st, 2016

What if grace was all we had?

I sit back and think about that word....GRACE. 
It means (in Christian belief) the free and unmerited favor of God, as manifested in the salvation of sinners and the bestowal of blessings.

We hear this word so much....for its by faith thru grace that we are saved. But how many of you have really experienced Gods grace?

Four years ago sin had separated me from God, because of MY actions. It was hard to understand Gods love for me or how He could still love me because I found it hard to even love myself. But then something beautiful happened. I found grace.....she wasn't quite what everyone had told me she was like. At first she seemed cruel and painful as she began a restoration process between God and I. 
Grace also demanded hard work.....took a lot of gardening and weed pulling to get rid of some major roots that God needed removed from His flower bed....but then real beauty began. Grace began planting in my garden beautiful things....
love, joy, peace, forbearance, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control. God poured down his rain, a cleansing and refreshing and brought new life to my very soul. All because of grace....not because of who I am but because of who HE is! 
So I told God weeks ago....let your grace be enough. I awake every morning with breath in my lungs and opportunities to be His hands. I am blessed. A wonderful God loving husband, beautiful children, great friends,a job I love and a great church family. But what if I lost every bit of that.....would he still be enough????? 
Yes....Lord.....YES! I thank you for my blessings and for every day with my family. For being a wife, mother, nurse and friend. I thank you for the ways you allow me to serve my husband, children, coworkers and friends but above all that me serving them is serving YOU! And I pray for each and every one of you reading this.....allow Him to be just as much for you! God speed my friends ❤️