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Pieces of defeat litter the trail behind me.
In the past couple of weeks, I’ve felt failure after failure. I’ve been too neglectful in my marriage, too hasty in my parenting, too self-focused, done too much in my own strength, too little in His.
The couple of victories I’ve recognized seem so small in comparison to all my downfalls.
I see my lack, His abundance, and realize anew that in mountain-top celebration or valley frustration, it always comes back to His grace.
My lack of ability to walk this spiritual journey on my own shows me my great need for it. Those successes I recognize remind me that it’s only through Him I succeed.
I remind myself that His grace, it’s sufficient; that His strength, it’s made perfect in my weakness. It’s even grace to see my weakness, to know I need His strength. Let me see that more in the moment, less after the fact.
The grace that saved me is the grace that keeps me, that walks me through this day of packing lunches and cleaning bathrooms and correcting children’s attitudes and praying for friends and smiling at strangers.
My emptiness and unworthiness, filled by His wholeness and holiness, brings me back to His grace, the ever-ready fountain for my need.
I'm there with you right now, Tracey. I am in some dark uncharted (for me) waters right now, but I am seeing God's grace in so many ways. His grace IS sufficient!
Praying for you and thanking God that you are seeing His grace at work in your life!
Tears here, Tracey, that you would pray for me at this time. Thank you so much!
Oh, how I needed to be reminded of grace! I, too, am still trying to recover from big defeats lately, and in my own struggle, I failed to see our Lord's loving grace. So need this right now! Thank you for sharing. Chris
Trusting that you will continue to know God's grace. So thankful that He never gives up on us and can always use what we've been through to grow us to be more like Him!
So lovely! This, in particular, hit me: "Let me see that more in the moment, less after the fact." I love the contrast you've made here between being proactive and reactionary. Thank you for this, Tracey!
Thanks, as always, for your kind and encouraging words! Sometimes I feel so defeated when I only see what I should have done in retrospect. I need to be more spiritually attuned so that I can catch myself before I react. May He grow this in me!!
Hope you and your family have a great week!
What a word of commiseration in such perfect timing! God so blesses me through you.
Awww, thanks Sues! I always appreciate your encouragement!!!
2 Corinthians 12:9 is a verse I go back to time and time again. I always need that reminder that His grace is sufficient. And I loved this thought you shared "The grace that saved me is the grace that keeps me". So very much "yes" to that.
What a great illustration of our need for God's grace. So often we think it is only in the hard times or our failures, but this is so true: "in mountain-top celebration or valley frustration, it always comes back to His grace."
Thanks for reminding me today! Visiting from Titus2Tuesday