So today is the day, friends. We have a winner of the Kindle Fire XD . . .
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And so today, I join one of my favorite link-ups – good ole’ Five Minute Friday from Lisa Jo Baker.
Today’s topic? Grace.
How timely. Grace has been shaking the walls of my heart.
And so I write for five minutes: GO
It’s an exhale, a deep breath. The words “You too?” It comes in when all else goes out. The cool, unexpected breeze on a smoldering August day, the warm cup of tea in the middle of January. The gentle forgiveness when you know you’ve done wrong. It’s the words woven into a perfect tapestry of truth and love.
It’s grace.
And grace? It’s not a choice. If I want to be forgiven, then I must forgive, too. That’s forgiveness grace.
But then there’s behavior grace – grace we show when we’re in touchy situations. Like when someone has done us wrong and we respond with gentleness and kindness – even when we don’t feel like it. Or when we do something we don’t want to do because we know it’s for the greater good. Or when we’re willing to overlook the flaws of others and focus instead on the good of who they are.
Behavior grace moves in the opposite spirit of where our flesh wants us to go.
Forgiveness grace and behavior grace meet in the middle on the grounds of the Holy Spirit.
A triple-breaded cord that cannot be broken.
STOP.
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Have a wonderful weekend, friends. Grace to you . . .
A beautiful reminder of our need to forgive others. So thankful for God's grace.
That behavior part is hard, but so necessary! I’ve been reading Unglued and it reminds me of this. Stopped by from FMF
Stopping by from FMF-
Great post- needed the reminders :)
*Nods* I was thinking the same thing today, talking on the phone to a friend. So thankful that the grace we give is not ours, but our Lord’s. Perfect grace.