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I can't get my mind wrapped around it.
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Grace.
Undeserved kindness
A gift unearned.
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Hard as I try, the claws of must-prove dig deep into my soul... I have to prove my worth, prove my value to the world... to Him... to myself.
So when I read this week about standing firm in grace I stop hard. I am to choose to stay there? Stay in this gift?
Then I read that not only do I receive this grace, but I receive it in fullest measure... pressed down shaken together pouring out?
Oh I know about being pressed, yes, pressed but not crushed.
But pressed down grace? Fullest measure grace?
Grace-full?
I can't do anything about this one. I can't actually get grace.
I just have to receive it, let it pour down and in and over me.
This charis grace, all wrapped up with chara joy. And I learn that quite literally chairo, rejoice, means "to delight in grace."
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In my search for joy, this new truth:
"Joy" means to delight in His abundantly full grace.
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Amazed and overwhelmed by grace,
Your words are a salve a balm, sweet fragrant offering. Beautiful from beginning to end. Thank you for sharing your heart and these truths...wishing His, Grace
ReplyDeleteI am feeling deeply soothed by His grace-balm today.
DeleteOh and......it is so nice to meet you. Sorry to take up more space but my heart really want to say that and that I am visiting from FMF. And it really is nice to meet you, new friend. :)
ReplyDeleteSo glad you stopped by. I enjoyed getting to meet you via your blog!
DeleteAnd why are the free gifts the ones hardest to receive? Enjoyed your thoughts here, the truth they represent in FMF.
ReplyDeleteI don't know. I baffle myself, truly.
Deletelovely! visiting from fmf- your words are well received! Rejoice=to delight in grace- needed that today, it's the missing piece of a puzzle in my head!
ReplyDeleteThank you for stopping by Nancy (grace!). :-) I enjoyed my visit to your corner of the web.
DeleteBeautiful post!!
ReplyDeleteThank you Ashley. ♥
DeleteOh, Patti! I can't wrap my mind around it either. So thankful, however, I've experienced it:))
ReplyDeleteHope you're doing well, sweet friend.
Yes, the inexplicable wonder of grace! Today I am just astounded by the freedom it gives me to fully be the person He made me to be. I'm prone to people-pleasing, alas. Thank you for popping in, Stefanie. You bless me!
DeleteBeautiful post, dear friend! You capture the wonder of His inconceivable Grace!
ReplyDeleteAnd in you and your friendship, my sister in Him, He has most lavishly expressed His grace. Pressed down, shaken together, pouring out. Love you!
Delete"Hard as I try, the claws of must-prove dig deep into my soul... I have to prove my worth, prove my value to the world... to Him... to myself."
ReplyDeleteTies in to what I just blogged about :). Isn't God's grace amazing!? ♥ your post.