{"id":1906,"date":"2014-09-04T16:47:14","date_gmt":"2014-09-04T20:47:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/etheriedge.wordpress.com\/2014\/09\/04\/g-r-a-c-e\/"},"modified":"2020-11-29T15:20:37","modified_gmt":"2020-11-29T20:20:37","slug":"g-r-a-c-e","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forglorysake.com\/index.php\/2014\/09\/04\/g-r-a-c-e\/","title":{"rendered":"G R A C E"},"content":{"rendered":"

Grace – I think about it constantly. It’s in my prayers every day. I read about it again just this<\/em> morning in a perfectly timed email. Can we truly ever get to the bottom of it’s well? Can we define it’s meaning or understand it’s\u00a0how<\/em>? Sometimes I don’t realize it’s happening…\u00a0then all of a sudden I see, “Oh Wow! This is a God-thing, He’s all in it and it’s so good!”<\/em><\/p>\n

It’s not like I’m ever unaware that God walks ahead of me, orders the day and guides my path. But I’m human. I get caught up in the mundane, next thing, details of life. Stuff just happens. And then all of a sudden in-the-midst there’s a revelation that God knows my name.<\/strong>\u00a0He’s actively\u00a0doing<\/em>\u00a0something in my midst! Is it like that for anyone else? I talk to Him all day long, believe He hears me, then am completely blown over when I see<\/em> Him miraculously moving mountains.<\/p>\n

Just recently our family was asked if we could babysit a 9 month old…\u00a0every Saturday<\/em>. Add something new – really? Turns out this chubby little ray of sunshine pops in once a week and makes my mom smile! He makes us all laugh. He comes connected to a 4 year old brother and \u00a0a young single mom who was in need of a better job. We recently learned she worked as\u00a0a CNA<\/strong>\u00a0for elderly dementia patients. She’s working with me now in an hourly manner.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Give and receive: our big family has become a connection she needed. Her pre-schooler comes with her sometimes and plays with Papa. They relate with puzzles and rolling balls. God just keeps doing His thing in the most surprising way. He comes in the side door, stealing your heart and proves to me again:\u00a0all<\/em> things are possible<\/em>.<\/strong>\u00a0<\/p>\n

“You’re blessed when you’re at the end of your rope. <\/strong><\/em>With less of you there is more of God and His rule. <\/strong><\/em>You’re blessed when you feel you’ve lost what is most dear to you. <\/strong><\/em>Only then can you be embraced by the One most dear to you. <\/strong><\/em>You’re blessed when you’re content with just who you are\u2014no more, no less. <\/strong><\/em>That’s the moment you find yourselves proud owners of everything that can’t be bought.” <\/strong><\/em>Matthew 5:3-5 The Message<\/p>\n

ForGlorySake!<\/strong> –Anna<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n

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