There are so many things I would have missed
...had I not been akin with His grace.
I would have been blind to the kindnesses of God
that came in big and small ways.
The world doesn't allow us to pause and contemplate a change, an interruption, an interaction. Things are moving, all the time, and we get disoriented.. we fumble along, groping our way around, too often finding ourselves stifled, with an unquenched yearning for some stabilization, some inner peace, some indication that everything's alright.
But grace sheds a different kind of light.
Perhaps, I would have missed...
That right as I was working out the family finances today and found that we're quite a bit over-spending on electricity, that my neighbour dropped mom a call to say that they need a replacement refrigerator and we sold an under-used second refrigerator for eighty bucks.
Perhaps, I would have missed...
The sweet timing of God in taking me to a friend's wedding today... reminding me what marriage means and to encourage my spirit to have my own relationship reflect a beauty that has heart to God and hand to man... it's not easy, when there are weaknesses and odds to stand up against, but i will try... and with much gratitude, i wouldn't want to try with anyone else.
Complete vs Compete
Companionship vs Company
Cleave & Leave
Perhaps, I would have missed...
That the day an urgent and frantic prayer of helplessness was sent heavenward by the roadside, the Lord cancelled one appointment, sent one wise man to help me sort a matter that was beyond me, and detoured one other person to a safer place, all within a matter of hours..., that my heart be at rest, and my mind at peace.
Perhaps, I would have missed...
That a week after I'd prayed asking God for more friends on campus, He'd brought two ladies from my course by my bench... both of whom i'd wanted to chat with before.
Perhaps, I would have missed...
The joy of stepping it up on the grace together with my goodiest friend tomorrow, a day of having fun, catching up and all those same old joys... nevermind that we're pressed for time with exams and assignments.
\Perhaps, I would have missed...
That sister's love... in practical help and character mentorship...
Perhaps, I would have missed...
That when I lay there on the swing, staring up at the mighty dark clouds, asking God amid my prayers that He let the rain come and fall down on me... thinking it was a sure-fire prayer not needing much faith, coz well, the way things looked up there, there was no way it wouldn't rain, and trust me, i'm a rain expert.... but, nay, alas it didn't rain, not a drop. but i would've missed that voice of God teaching my spirit that He doesn't always answer as we imagine or desire, but He never misses the chance to teach us something about who He is... because... really, praise is sufficient from our purposed existence, and it doesn't arise some way else.
Perhaps, I would have missed...
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I believe that God's mercies are new every morning. and I believe God gives us reason to "rejoice and again i say rejoice!", because we are human and we are weak... and the general weak person can't possibly rejoice if there were nothing to rejoice about in the first.
Grace sheds a different type of light.
there are many graces in your life. as we remember jesus much, praise happens when our eyes are unveiled to the things that are... and that gives a firmer footing that makes us strong... makes us grounded in the real life. makes us as we ought to be... makes us see.
[this entry is truncated because lately i've been having many things to say but i don't know how to finish what i intended to say. haha. it's a strange thing... but it will have to do... =] ]
remain in Him..
