God is vary gracious. In the past couple of weeks God has given me undeserved and unwarrented grace. He shows His grace in the people and things He has allowed to enter my life.
He has given me friends. I don't deserve the amazing friends that God has given me. Friends who are willing to listen to me ramble and contemplate the happenings of my life. Friends who encourage me to keep dreaming or to grow closer to Christ. God brings these friends from all over! Some I met thru Jarid, some thru attending church at Windsor, & some thru my involvement in the college play. Talks that may seem unimportant and insignificant to my friends have ment alot to me. God has allowed me to learn so much about Him thru the conversations that I have had with the friends that He brought into my life.
He has given me . . . school? As weird as that sounds, I have learned so much about myself & about God while at school. I have learned that I can be one of the most proud individuals you will ever meet. I am so thankful (now) of the times when God has removed my talent and caused me to fail so I could remember Who is in control. God has really shown His grace to me in my speech class. I thought speech was going to be a cake walk, yet it is the class that I am constantly behind in. God has shown me that He gave me the talent to speak & that I am a lazy person. Yet, He gave me a gracious teacher who worked with me to catch up during my busy schedule--grace undeserved.
Finally, God has given me DREAMS. Sometimes I wish I did not dream. I tend to dream too big too fast, which means I sometimes fall hard. This semester God has shown me that He has given me those dreams. Yes, I need to control & not desire to make the dream come true thru my own strength, but He has given me the dream for a reason. Everyone should dream. Dreams give us hope to a future that sometimes seems bleak. Dreams are God's gracious way of showing us a glimpse of the future that He holds for us. It is true that sometimes dreams change. I believe that, if I am living life in Christ, that each time my dreams change, they change for the better.
I am not perfect. I fail so much, I often wonder why God is so gracious to me. All that He has & will give to me in life is undeserved. But, each time I notice God's grace, I am reminded that I fail & I strive to change so that I can please my Father. God is gracious!
If you have built castles in the air, your work need not be lost; that is where they should be. Now put foundations under them.
Henry David Thoreau
Henry David Thoreau
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