My Grace Needs Help
I’ve heard and sung about God’s amazing grace all my life. Though we make mistakes and have not-nice attitudes and are weak in our grace to others, God loves us deeply anyway. Grace – God’s unmerited favor — is always helping us in our weaknesses. “But He said to me, ‘My grace is sufficient for…
God’s Amazing Grace….and Ours
Aw! The good, unmerited, and amazing grace of God. We know it well! BUT….what about OUR grace? I started thinking about Paul the Apostle’s words:“Let your conversation be always FULL OF GRACE, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how to answer everyone.” Colossians 4:6 Our words – full of grace? We hear someone…
Chips Off the Old Block
Michael Jackson sang “Man in the Mirror”. It spoke of the person we need to be to make the world a better place. The chorus went like this: “I’m starting with the man in the mirror.I’m asking him to change his ways.And no message could have been any clearer.If you want to make the world…
I’m Having a Blue Christmas
Only because I chose to forego all my red Christmas decor that was always my Christmas color of choice. This year, I loved my navy blue and white decor so I blended in the blues and whites into my Christmas decor. There’s something about it that feels holy and still and peaceful. You can see…
God’s Grace. My Grace.
First let’s talk about God’s good grace — His unmerited favor on us. It was God’s “Amazing Grace” how sweet the sound that saved ME and saved the day FOR ME way more times than I deserve. And, close to home, was God’s grace to my beloved nephew many times over in his life, but…
It’s Snowing Somewhere Today
I’m feeling the love. God’s love, that is, because yesterday morning, while driving to church, it started snowing. I was thankful to be here to see it in typically-never-gets-snow Austin. When we came out of church, there was a good “sprinkling” of snow on the ground and it was still falling. Brennan put on Blake…
My Grace Needs Help
I’ve heard and sung about God’s amazing grace all my life. Though we make mistakes and have not-nice attitudes and are so weak in our faithfulfulness to Him and His grace, He loves us so deeply anyway. Grace — His unmerited favor — is always helping us in our weaknesses. “But He said to me,…
God’s Grace. My Grace.
Maybe, like me, you’ve heard countless sermons and read books about grace. Maybe you know some of the “grace” scriptures by heart and can quote them to others. But my prayer is that we’ll see this word again for the first time. I think grace is most fully understood through our own experiences. Otherwise, it…
Who Said I’m Not a Dog Lover?
Five years ago, Payton, my then 13-year-old grandson, was quite the entrepreneur repairing and selling cell phones. He earned enough money to purchase his Australian Shepherd pedigreed puppy that came with a pretty hefty price tag! They lived in the Seattle area and had to drive a couple of hours north to see and purchase…
From Hyper-Space to Hyper-Grace
This post was inspired by a friend’s FB post a couple of weeks ago. She and her husband were at an arcade museum playing those good-old-days games. The museum gave them the opportunity to play the games as well as provided other media that traced the history of the games and their creators. In my…