Everyday Grace

  Good afternoon Beautiful Ladies ~

     Well, here we are in the middle of the week already. Maybe I should have agreed to do the blog Wednesday's or something.  But here is the post for Chapter 5.  I read it on Monday, but just didn't post on it.

  It started very interesting with the story of her son hurting his hand. I know I've said it before, but her writing is extremely unique. But It also so amazingly applicable though too.

  "Joy hiding in gratitude and who but the Jesus people are the most thankful?"...... Truly, shouldn't we as believers be the most thankful, the most grateful for all that we know that God is doing in our lives? I am speaking to myself right now in this, because this has been a real issue for me lately. Even Monday evening there were such low moments, I could think of nothing that I wanted to be thankful or joyful for. And I know that's not true. God is so much greater then our demons, our Skeletons in our closet, our struggles, our low times,our hard times. Which thus reminds me: Fully Live! Live Fully!

   "Joy is always worth the wait, and fully living worth the believing. Daily discipline is the door to full freedom, and the discipline to count to one thousand gave way to the freedom of wonder and I can't imagine not staying awake to God in the moment, the joy in the now. But awakening to joy awakens to pain."(page 84) So true.

  Notice the verses and context on page 90..... "All our days are struggle and warfare. (John 14:14) and that the spirit-to-spirit combat I endlessly wage with Satan is this ferocious thrash for joy." I can SO relate to that! It's an everyday battle, but also one I know that I can win, with Christ by my side and if I want to win it, meaning truly desiring to be positive and uplifting for myself and for others. I encourage each of us to look at the start of the new day in light of Jesus and asking Him before we even begin the day of what God has for us and what He wants to teach us that day. Which brings me into "Always giving thanks for all things in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ."  Amen to that Sistah's!

  Hmm, here is something else I loved from her book. "Emptiness itself can birth the fullness of grace because in the emptiness we have the opportunity to turn to God, the only begetter of grace, and there find all the fullness of Joy."

   So with that, I will end with: God is always good and I am always loved.  Indeed we are ladies!

   P.s My 3 things that has brought me joy today is:   1) Time chatting w/ a girlfriend  2) Marking things off my to-do list!  3) A Tall extra hot 4 pump no water chai w/ whipped cream and cinnamon dulce sprinkles from *$ ;)    What are your's?  Please share!

    Much love to each of you,
     Miranda