Grace and Weakness

Life is ridiculously hard but then God gives us GRACE... 

Grace is more beautiful than any flower picked by my child and given to me with little, chubby hands.  It is more proper than tea with The Queen.  It moves more beautifully and gracefully than a sunset; and grace is effortless for my God.  It pleases Him to hand it to me in all of my awkwardness and ugliness, and for free no less!  His unending grace is given without judgement but with favor and love.  There is no limit, no expiration date, and no gimmicks. No matter what I have, what I get, his grace will always be all I truly need...

Grace is how a ridiculously hard life is tolerated.  Is my life horrible? No.  Do I live in the 1% of the richest people of the world? Yes I do and for that, much is required of me. 

It is a little embarrassing to admit I let life get to me; but boy do I!  At the end of a day I sometimes set in quiet reflection at how ridiculously I handled my day.  And so I pray.  And God, once again, hands me grace. I smile, thank Him, and ask for forgiveness.  I pray for my husband and children and try to do better for all of us the following day.   

2 Corinthians 12:9  But he said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore, I will boast all the more gladly of my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may rest upon me. I can never reach the standard, but it is alright.

 This is a prayer I placed in the Wailing Wall in Jerusalem years ago.  I am so blessed that I can pray this simply prayer every morning from my dining room table and God hears me just as clearly as when I was holding that paper in His City. 

   
Romans 11:6 says "But if it is by grace, it is no longer on the basis of works; otherwise grace would no longer be grace."