Power of Grace in Parenting
10:12 AMHeatherY'all--I just wrapped up my continued study of the original use of "grace," by looking at the second passage referenced in the Wycliffe Bible dictionary. Oh, my. This is gonna be good. I hope you stick along for the ride this year because I gotta tell you--I think we are in for some huge revelations of the Lord in our lives. And some huge blessings. But, I'm going to save this morning's fresh insight for tomorrow because there's something else I feel led to share today--and I just know someone needs to hear this.
Don't you hate when you know something to be true yet you struggle to do it anyway? Despite how right you know it is--you just get distracted, like the dog in the movie Up? SQUIRREL. And you lose focus. For me, one of the most powerful things I know to be true in mothering is the need for grace. I know that grace is a powerful thing. I've been meditating for awhile about how Paul says in 2 Corinthians 12:9 that God's grace is sufficient for us in our weakness. Not his strength or his might or his knowledge. But His grace. That strikes a chord in me to say that God feels his grace holds much power to fill the gaps in us.
Along the same lines, check out this wisdom found in Proverbs 25:15:
and a gentle tongue can break a bone.
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