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.