Grace, Grace, God's Grace

Just a small reflection for you today.  God helped me to see today that sometimes the best thing you can do in a time of grief, struggle,or any hard thing you may be going through is to recognize that you are weak.  I can try all sorts of things to pick myself up out of grief but it is when I truly recognize how weak I am and look to God who is strong that I can rest.  It is ok to see that we are weak because God is strong and He wants to show His strength to us.  We shouldn't just recognize our weakness and then wallow around in our weakness.  On the contrary we should recognize our weakness before God and cry to Him for help.  His grace is sufficient in our weakness.

Psalm 31 is a beautiful Psalm in which David recognizes his own weakness while recognizing God's strength to deliver him.  When we acknowledge our weakness and cry out to the Lord, then is when we will see the difference.  God is the only one who can heal our hearts.  The more we panic and try to take care of it ourselves the bigger our hole becomes.

       
Remember that you are not alone.  I am a weak person that needs Jesus' help so much.  We are all broken people in need of a Savior.  But that's where the grace comes in... we have a Savior... and His name is Jesus!

If you are a child of God walk in the strength of the Lord, walk in newness of life, but let us not forget in Whose strength we are walking.  And may we reach out to other weak and broken people with the grace God gives to us, walking in humility and remembering our own brokenness.

    

-Kristin