"You just need to give grace."
For by grace are ye saved through faith;
and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God:
Ephesians 2:8
But I am here to tell you that there is more! My sister is the queen of giving grace~it truly makes her beautiful. It is just her nature.
I have a love relationship with the sun. I love to lay in the sun and I love to swim. I remember when I was a kid I would spend all day in the sun but when I got hot enough I would run to the water spigot. My Grandma had an old fashioned water spigot in the middle of her yard and I would get down on my knees and let the water splash all over me and I would drink the ice cold water that came from the ground. Even the mailman stopped in daily for a fresh drink of water. Wish I had a picture to share~ it was painted red. Sweet memories!
It has been a rough school year for us here at my home. I am so thankful for my husband who has held me, cried with me and babied me. You have been my rock ~ Brian. It started with the loss of my father and seemed to be one test or trial after another.
Like me you probably hoped for a life of white picket fences and white lace and promises. I have had a wonderful life full of sweet memories and blessings but when those dreams at times collapse we seem to settle into a season of un-grace. I don't think that is a word but for today I just made it one. At some point life blindsides us with something~ betrayal, death, abandonment, divorce, job loss, financial collapse an empty nest ~a life shattering event takes our breathe away.
I remember hearing the news last September in the early hours of the morning that my father had been found in his front yard. I told My Brian. "I can't breathe." You know what I mean? That moment in time when you really wonder if you are going be able to exhale and take another breath. When the pain is so unbearable that it buckles our knees and we find ourselves flat on the ground. BUT Grace!
The beauty of grace says there is more. There is still love after an affair, still joy after a diagnosis, still hope after bankruptcy, still life after the birds have all flown from the nest, still joy after the pain and still laughter after sorrow. Grace says there is still hope.
The world tells us we have to look better~ perform better~ do more~BE MORE. But how refreshing it is to love someone regardless of their quirks and mistakes For after all we all have them! Grace says there is still hope~ life~ happiness in a world that turns upside down more than right side up. That is the gift of grace.
God is the Father of grace. Grace is always with us~ it is real and it is indescribable ~ it has the power to change your life. It does come with one condition though~ like any gift you must hold your hand out and take it.
With all the strength I have left~ I am turning my face up toward that spigot of grace and letting it splash all over me. Yep ~today on this beautiful Monday morning I am going to live in grace. I am praying that you will do the same.
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