I guess I have an {un}official word of the year… grace.
This word has been echoing around in my head and heart for a few months now. As each year goes by, and I know my Savior more intimately, I am shocked by His grace more and more.
His grace poured out on me, each day when I wake up. When I make my coffee. When I sip that coffee and read His Word, grace to me etched on a thousand pages. His grace to me when I sit and move and work and type emails with nimble fingers. His grace to me when I run at the gym with two healthy legs, while sweat, the grace of a healthy nervous system, drips from my forehead. His grace poured out on me each time I make it home safely in the evening and unload my grace-filled grocery bags from the car. Grace when I make dinner, serve my husband, clean my kitchen with anti-bacterial soap and cuddle up on my sofa or in my bed with the down comforter.
And this is only common grace.
How do I begin to speak of the grace in my heart? The grace that a God who is ultimately holy and good would choose me to be His child? The grace that God would send his Spirit to turn my heart of stone into a heart of flesh. That He would soften my hardness and humble my rebellion. The grace that a Man would die for me, while I was His enemy. That day by day, God’s grace whispers to me, calling me to repent, to serve, to grow, and to be transformed. His grace sustains me be obedient and His grace perseveres when I stumble and fail.
And that I will experience this grace in heaven forevermore… there are no words for such grace.
And so I will stick with one word. Grace. It is my prayer that this word will linger in the back of my mind in 2013. That it would cause my heart to overflow with joy. That it would make my tongue speak with gratitude. And that it would teach me to give grace to others in the same way it has been lavished upon me.
Grace upon grace.
Love this word! And love how you're so aware of grace in your life, and becoming more aware. God was talking to me last night about His grace, and I have to say, I really can't fathom it. But this reminds me to receive grace moment by moment. Thanks!
PS have you read "One Thousand Gifts" by Ann Voskamp? It's amazing. Her website is aholyexperience.com and I think you'd really like her! 🙂
Love grace! What a great word for the year. Mine is Fearless. Because I am going to fearlessly fall in love with God/Jesus. And fearlessly pursue my dreams. Thank you so much for sharing. If you are looking for a great book on grace there is a new book that I am reading called "Dirty God" by Johnnie Moore. It is REALLY GOOD. I got it for booksneeze.com but you can get it on amazon as well. I definitely would recommend it to you!
Amber
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Just found your blog- so agree. God's grace is just unfathomable 🙂 i can't wrap my mind around it
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