Grace Enough

Listening to the radio I heard a song whose chorus hit me.  It was no longer just words.  I don't know the name of the song, but the chorus includes "Your grace is enough, Your grace is enough, Your grace is enough for me."  It's because of His grace that I can walk through each day.  His grace picks me up when I fall.  His grace is there when I feel like a failure, forgiving me and lifting me back up.  Without His grace, I am nothing. 

And because of His grace, I have a responsibility to extend grace to others.  Yep, that's right.  When I have been wronged or want justice to be served or am disciplining my child, I must also extend grace.  I must remember that there are times I "mess up" or don't respond as I should, etc, etc, and grace is extended to me.

I'm committing to remember to show more grace to others.  Won't you?

 

Expectations

I have recently gotten the "itch" to write.  I'm not sure why as writing is just not my thing.  I really don't even know where to start....I guess I will just jump right in!

We all have our struggles, right?  I feel like I have a laundry list of them sometimes.  On a daily basis, I am working to line up my expectations with reality.  Whether it's related to expecting homework to get done without a struggle, expecting a response to an email sent to a teacher, expecting to receive feedback about how an issue at school was handled, expecting a phone call or email from a friend, expecting God to do exactly what I want Him to when I want Him to, expecting the dishes to magically take care of themselves, expecting projects at work to be well-defined and deadlines to be met...

The list is just endless.  If my expectations are not lined up with reality, I will be constantly frustrated and disappointed. 

But, what about my rights?  Don't I have a right to expect things to go my way?? Nope... I am not in control.  Hmmmm....Maybe, just maybe, I have a lesson to learn.