Grace

I am thankful. I am thankful for grace.

Because I think a thousand “shoulds” a day second.

I should sweep the floor.
I should start dinner.
I should make my bed.
I should sit and snuggle my sick 10 year old.
I should feed the pets.
I should fold some laundry.
I should return those movies.
I should sit down and write.

One thousand shoulds a second all competing for now.

Grace is the only thing that can put a should in it’s place.
Grace is what enables me to change my shoulds to coulds.

I knew all this a few months ago.
But somehow through the course of time I’ve forgotten what I knew.
The shoulds have regained their power over me.
And a thousand times a second I feel like I’m failing at something.

Grace has left the building.

But I know grace is within my reach again.
I know God longs to bathe me in it,
and clothe me in it.
And all I have to do is be-loved and let Him.

Still, this is hard for me.
I’ve forgotten much of what I’d learned in my
Year of Grace.

Are you being bombarded with a thousand shoulds?
Reach for grace. Because grace promises that the only thing we should do is be loved.
Grace = Freedom from Should.
Amen!

Father in Heaven, thank you for your amazing, unimaginable grace. Thank you for freedom from all the should-dos, should-thinks, and should-bes. Thank you for being big enough to cover all my shortcomings. Because I have a lot of shortcomings. And no amount of doing on my part is ever going to cover them. You are a good God.  In Jesus name, amen.

 

My reflections from week 1 of Grace for the Good Girl.

My reflections from week 2 of Grace for the Good Girl.

My reflections from week 3 of Grace for the Good Girl.

My reflections from week 4 of Grace for the Good Girl.

My reflections from week 5 of Grace for the Good Girl.