Grace

It's cold outside and there is still a little snow on the ground here where I live.  This time of year gives me quiet time.... And sometimes quiet time isn't always a good thing....

    Too much time to think.... About life..... About disappointments...

               About failures..... About who I am... Or who I'd rather be....

the list goes on.... But I'm sure you know as well.....

          That we are often are own worst critics....

I'm still working on showing grace this year...

            The hardest thing that I am finding... 

                      Is to show grace

                               To myself.

Why are we so hard on ourselves?  For me it seems that the world

           Holds standards I just cannot attain.... 

                  I often need to remind myself that 

                         What the world thinks....

                               Isn't what matters...

The only thing that matters.....

               Is what God thinks.....

His Word says that I am his child... That I am loved...that I was created for a purpose....

           He knows every hair on my head.... 

So I guess I start with that... And start working harder to show myself the grace that I am trying to show others... 

          We are ALL imperfect.... We ALL fail.... We ALL need grace...

                    Each and every day....

My goal is be more for him...

           To show his grace to others....

                         To glorify him....

And learn to walk in grace myself.... Even when I don't feel like it.

One Day

It's a new year - whooo hoooo!!   Out with the old and in with the new... As tradition dictates, we MUST make resolutions for our year..... And so it begins....    The list....

        - I'm going to lose weight

           - I'm going to save money

              - I'm going to be a better person

                - and so on...you all know how it goes....

We plan for tomorrow..... For next month....for the rest of the year.....

BUT -

    What if we only planned for one day??   For today.... 

   

We certainly cannot do anything about yesterday (except to maybe apologize).... We cannot do anything about a day that hasn't happened.... All we do have is:

                                                    TODAY

People ask - what can happen in a day???   Oh..many of you know so well what one day can do....

 

    One day can mean a birth...

                                             Or a death....

                                                         Loss of belongings in a fire.....

                                                                    Car wreck...........

                                                                                 Friend no longer likes you.......

                                                                                              Spouse has left you..... Etc....

So much can happen in just one day.....

       So treat each day like it is a treasure.....

                    Because it is......

Thank God for all you have...... 

            Trust him for all you will need......

                       Trust him for all the days that haven't happened yet.... 

Because he knows....

             From hanging on the cross...... 

                          What a difference.....

                                       One day.....

                                                Can make.