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?
Just sharing thoughts and hopefully encouragement for this journey called life
Saturday, April 28, 2012
Tuesday, April 24, 2012
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.
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.
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