Grace Power

…”My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” 2 Corinthians 12:9

I love working with people who have a “can do” attitude.  They always seem so full of energy and optimism.  I’d like to think that most days I’m a “can do” kinda girl but then there are those days when I’m absolutely not!  Some seasons are busier than others and they spread out before us to-do’s and events that just don’t let up.  It’s hard to maintain a prayer life, a house, a dozen schedules, the laundry and then plan meals that don’t all come from a bag or box.  We try hard to squeeze it all in but if our prayer time gets whittled away things can jump the tracks quickly.

God knew there would be seasons like these.  He knew we would loose our way and forget to sit at his feet.  He also knew that there would be times when we were overwhelmed and drained so he has a solution.  The antidote to our worldly craziness is his GRACE.  The blog would be a mile long if I made a list of all the times I reached the “I’m about to loose it” stage and then remembered to ask for his grace.  There is always an instant turn around when I stop and recognize my “can do” has turned into a “can’t do” and I ask for his grace to guide me through.  He always delivers every…single…time!  The following blip was written by Bonnie B Thurston.  I have no idea who Bonnie is, but when I read these words in class Tuesday night I knew she had written them for me; and perhaps for you too.

In the accounts of the Garden of Resurrection in the gospels there is a great stone over the mouth of Jesus’ tomb.  Who will move it?  The women know that they are unable to remove what separates them from the Lord.  This is a great metaphor for the spiritual life.  We cannot in our own strength, remove what separates us from God and the life God wants us to have in fullness.  We cannot bring life from death.  But God can and does.  The technical word for this is “grace”.  Bonnie B. Thurston.

His grace brings life and removes what separates us from him and the life he has planned.  All we have to do is ask for it; loads of it, heaps of it, there is no end or limit.  We just have to be still and ask him.

A Seed To Plant:  Sit still and have a chat with the Father about grace.  Ask for it, tell him where you feel weak and worn out and ask him to swoop into your life with giant grace and then enjoy what he does next!​

Blessings on your day!