A Love Letter from the Heart of the Father ~ A Guest Post by @DaveGeisler

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Love Letter from the Father

by 
Dave Geisler


I pray that out of his glorious riches he may strengthen you with power through his Spirit in your inner being, ¹⁷ so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith. And I pray that you, being rooted and established in love, ¹⁸ may have power, together with all the Lord’s holy people, to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ, ¹⁹ and to know this love that surpasses knowledge—that you may be filled to the measure of all the fullness of God.                                                     Ephesians 3 NIV

My dearest little one,

Looking at you makes my heart leap for joy. I remember the first time I got to see you and how when I held you I wept, I wept the greatest tears of joy. I knew at that moment that I would always love you not matter the circumstances, no matter the cost, whether you liked it or not I was absolutely crazy about you. You hadn't done a single thing to earn it or to merit my affection but it was and still is there, alive and always ready to share the things of this world together.

Oh my dear little one did you know that I counted your fingers and toes just for the shear pleasure of it! I doted over you as you slept, for hours on end, speaking gently so not to wake you telling you all my hopes and ambitions for us. Did you know that when I looked at that perfect little face I took my finger and traced every part of it? Did you know that as excited I was for that very moment I couldn't wait to experience the next and the next and the next one alongside you?

And now my little one as you are getting older, I now love you more than I did the moment I first got to hold your tiny little hand. It astonishes me that even when you get grumpy and tired how this same love, yet even stronger, can knit my heart to yours. And now I get to take you on the most wonderful adventures and unveil so much of the mysteries of this world to you and even get to experience it brand new through your beautiful little eyes.

My hope for you is that you would personally know and rest into the breadth and length and height and depth of the love I have for you. That you would come to realize, without a doubt, that I am for you and not against you. That I love you with a love that doesn't end and I am always here for you no matter what has happened. That there is not one thing you could do to turn me away from you. That my love for you is pure even when every other love seems tainted. That if you so desire you can always come and sink into the arms of daddy and know that I will wipe every tear from your eye and restore your loveliness when this world seeks to snatch it away from you.

You are my most prized treasure yet I know that I cannot hold on too tightly. For you my dear one must have wings to fly and to experience all that this time and space has to offer. I hope and pray that you will receive and believe my plans for you, that they are good and not to harm you. And when you find yourself in need you can always come to me for grace and mercy, I’m always available to you. Oh my little one, how I love you, how I dearly love you.

Your Abba Daddy 

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Written by Dave Geisler, Pastor of A Grace Place Church in Bradenton, FL and a mighty carrier of this message of grace, new identity and New Covenant living.

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The Successful Person's Worst Day ~ Guest Post by John Lynch @TrueFaced

The Successful Person's Worst Day

by John Lynch

Those who are of high capacity can have a harder time getting in touch with the pain God allows to free you from a greater pain. In truth, you often don’t struggle with life the way many others do. So, it is tempting to surround yourself with others who appear on their game; operating in a higher gear than others. You can be deluded into thinking you are uniquely and largely impervious to need; like you can override need with resolve, skill, resource, ministry and mission. This is where great danger lives. There is a worst day that the high capacity person is vulnerable to, maybe more than anyone else. I imagine that I can make something meaningful, that I can create goodness or do this Christian life without actually needing Christ, in this moment. Subtle, it goes like this: “Jesus, I’m deeply grateful for the Cross. I know there are things wrong with me. I don’t do the big sins, but I’m aware for those who have been given much, more is expected. I get that. So, I’ll keep helping those others who seem to struggle so much. I don’t know why they can’t just figure it out and get on with their lives.”

It all carries the illusion that great capacity, intelligence and direction equate to a better life. It does not, necessarily. I can carry a delusion that my sins are of a lesser nature than those of others. Again, I play the fool.

You can come to actually live like you don’t need to trust God for every good thing accomplished. Your worst is day is the day you become seduced into thinking you’re able to pull off anything, without trusting Him in everything. You won’t see it right away. That’s why it’s so devious. It might seem like your best day. After all, you were on your game, you pulled off some pretty incredible stuff. But at the root, there is a self-made pride that gives God a tip for capacity and talents. But eventually fruit will be born. It will be rotten and useless. And you will wonder why others don’t let you lead them the way you think they should. Then you will look around and discover you have been paying God with your efforts, instead of allowing His effort in you to shine in great love.

The goal of this life is not having less issues than others, or even being able, through natural gifting and talent, to do more things for mankind. The goal is always letting Christ be great by our trusting dependence upon His ability in us. As my friend Bill Thrall often says to leaders; “He doesn’t need our excellence. He wants us to trust Him, so His excellence can be lived out in us.”

The greatest gift you with high capacity, success and strength can give yourself would be a number of safe others who can tell you what they see. A place where you are loved enough to be able to ask, “How am I affecting you?” They will eventually tell you if you let them. And you may discover you’ve been living many, many worst days, in the midst of your apparent lack of need.

It will take a humility which allows another in, another who is able to tell you, “You’ve forgotten the only thing that matters, trust working itself out in love.” For you who dare risk such a thing, you are about to experience influence over “success”, being trusted over being accommodated, receiving love, over only giving out of appearances of love.

We deeply need you, wonderfully gifted leader. We just first need you to stop believing we need you more than you need him, more than you need us…

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What "One Thing" does God desire from us? ~ by @ShelleyHendrix Founder of @Church4Chicks

Now as they went on their way, he entered a certain village, where a woman named Martha welcomed him into her home. She had a sister named Mary, who sat at the Lord’s feet and listened to what he was saying. But Martha was distracted by her many tasks; so she came to him and asked, “Lord, do you not care that my sister has left me to do all the work by myself? Tell her then to help me.” But the Lord answered her, “Martha, Martha, you are worried and distracted by many things; there is need of only one thing. Mary has chosen the better part, which will not be taken away from her” (Luke 10:38-42).

We hear all the time that we need to ‘be’ more like Mary and ‘not be’ like busy, angry Martha. But I see something deeper than that at work here. Notice that Jesus never scolded or belittled Martha. He recognized that her understanding of their relationship was skewed–just like mine was. He knew that Martha loved Him, that wasn’t in question at all. The thing was, though, that she was trying to prove her love by pleasing Him and to please Him, she did what she did best naturally: she served Him. BUT, in all of her serving Him, she wasn’t trusting Him. Hebrews 11:6 teaches that our trust in Him is what pleases Him most. It’s not our “striving to please Him” that proves anything! I can obey God all day long and still never learn to trust Him. But once I begin to trust Him, I will find that I am much more inclined to obey Him.

Mary understood that “one thing” that was vital–and it’s even deeper than spending time reading Scripture and praying–the “one thing” is that Jesus was someone she could fully trust and rely on. She trusted in His love for her enough to know that it was more than okay for her to simply enjoy spending time with Him and listening to Him. She trusted in Him and this was so pleasing to Jesus. Any time our trusting Him is a motivator to anything we do or don’t do, this is what delights our Heavenly Father most. Whenever we are striving to remove the sin barrier ourselves–whether to earn salvation or to earn our sanctification–we miss it by a long-shot!

When Christian leaders use their platform to get people busy for God, they often miss the opportunity given to them to teach those readers, listeners, students, congregations, etc who God is and who He has granted them to be. They often resort to guilt, pressure, and manipulation unintentionally in their efforts to see growth and maturity take place in others–and even in themselves. But, what might happen if we began to spend some time learning with one another what it means that we are now new creations in Christ (2 Cor. 5:17)? What if those of us in leadership would trust the work of the Holy Spirit more to bring about desired change as we encourage people by teaching them who they are?

Here’s are some examples of a shift in motive:

• What if, instead of trying to convince others to obey God to prove they trust Him, we instead taught others how trustworthy God is?
• What if, instead of trying to battle some life-dominating sin in order to get it out of the way so I can be close to God, I live out of who He says I already am, and I allow Him in close to deal with that issue Himself as I trust Him with what is absolutely, and even painfully, true about me?
• What if I learn to reveal to others who I really am rather than trying to prove my authenticity by working harder to become who my “masks” give an impression that I am? What if I let the masks come off and allow God’s glory to shine through my weakest places?

So what motivates you the most? A desire to please God or simply trusting Him?

*This post is an excerpt from an article Shelley Hendrix wrote for "Route1520 Ministries" in 2011.

 You can find and read the entire article here: https://www.route1520.com/shelley-hendrix-unmasked/#

Acknowledgements for True Prosperity

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Acknowledgements for True Prosperity

By

Debra Courtney

I walk in truth, in the light of God’s Word, according to His wisdom. I know the truth and the truth makes me free (John 8:31-32). 

I separate myself from darkness and God is a Father to me (2 Corinthians 6:17-18).

I walk in diligence and obey God’s commands and blessings overtake me (Deuteronomy 28:1-2).

I walk in faithfulness and I am blessed because I constantly do what is right (Psalm 106:3, NIV).

I believe; therefore I say what God says (2 Corinthians 4:13).

I honor the Lord by bringing Him all the tithe, so my storage places are filled with plenty (Proverbs 3:9-10).

I prosper as my soul prospers in understanding of the Word (3 John 2).

I sow bountifully so I reap bountifully (2 Corinthians 9:6).

God rewards me because I diligently seek Him (Hebrews 11:6).

I am of faith, so I’m blessed like faithful Abraham (Galatians 3:9).

God opens the windows of heaven and blesses me so there’s not room enough to receive it (Malachi 3:10).

I receive what I ask from God because I watchfully obey His instructions and habitually practice what is pleasing to Him (1 John 3:22, AMP).

I live a godly lifestyle, in obedience to what God says is right. Because I’m willing and obedient, I eat the good of the land (Isaiah 1:19).

The word of faith is in my heart and in my mouth (Romans 10:8).

I tell the mountains in my life to be removed and cast in the sea. I believe that those things I say shall come to pass, so I have whatsoever I say (Mark 11:23).

I give and it’s given back to me, good measure, pressed down, shaken together, and running over (Luke 6:38).

I abound with blessings because I am faithful (Proverbs 28:20).

Because I fear the Lord, he teaches me how to choose the best and I live within His circle of blessing (Psalm 25:12-13, TLB).

I separate myself from darkness and God is a Father to me (2 Corinthians 6:17-18).

His truth is my shield and armor (Psalm 91:4). 

Call things that are not as though they were (Romans 4:17)! AMP

4 Keys of Grace

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4 Keys of Grace

By

Debra Courtney 

You and I were born to enjoy the benefits of the grace of God. We have the inborn traits of instinct for improvement within us.  We have the motivation for the increase of grace or at least we should. There should be something inside of us that gravitates us towards grace. 

God created us that way, and we will never be happy any other way. Now, I could discuss forever how our Abba Father bestows the grace of: Peace, Power, Wealth, Health, and Success – but unless you know how to obtain grace, it will not help you.  

1.       The Grace of Obedience

Deuteronomy 28:1 MSG says, “If you listen obediently to the Voice of GOD, your GOD, and heartily obey all his commandments…”. It means living up to the knowledge you have received. Simply doing what God has told you to do. If God has been talking to you about doing something, do it! 

2.     The Grace of Knowledge

Hosea 4:6 MSG says, “My people are ruined because they don’t know what’s right or true.” What you don’t know can destroy you God wants all His children to be knowledgeable. God is in the information business. The Bible is an information book. However, you can’t take hold of the grace and blessings of God unless you have the knowledge of what He has provided for you and therefore claim what belongs to you. 

3.     The Grace of Forgiveness

Matthew 6:14-15 MSG says, “In prayer there is a connection between what God does and what you do. You can’t get forgiveness from God, for instance, without also forgiving others. If you refuse to do your part, you cut yourself off from God’s part.” Forgiveness does not flow to you until it can flow through you. It means that you give up your right to allow God take care of any judgment and penalization of another person. Always exercise the ability to withhold judgment and let God perform His program. Believe me He can do it better than anything we could come up with to pay back anyone with anything they have done to us. 

4.      The Grace of Praise

Psalm 9:1 AMP says, “I will praise You, O Lord, with my whole heart; I will show forth (recount and tell aloud) all Your marvelous works and wonderful deeds! The purpose of praise is not just to make us feel good, but it is also to stir up others. Praise lifts us up to where God is. Praise is something we deliberately choose to do. God is comfortable with praise. Know this also, the demons hate it. So “PRAISE” on!  

We were born to receive the “GRACE” of our Abba Father!

Lord, I will sing of Your grace forever. I will tell others of Your grace from generation to generation.

Love, Respect, and Amazing Grace! by @ShelleyHendrix #ReigningGraceSeries

Love, Respect, and Amazing Grace! 

by Shelley Hendrix, Author and Founder of Church 4 Chicks

For the eyes of the Lord run to and fro throughout the whole earth, to show Himself strong on behalf of those whose heart is loyal to Him.2 Chronicles 16:9a NKJV

They say that women yearn for love and men long for respect. I can see this, and won't argue it, but I think we all want both, don't you? I know I do.

I've come to realize that love and respect don't necessarily come as a package deal, though. You can respect someone you don't love and love someone without necessarily feeling any admiration for them. (There's a difference between showing respect, as in honoring someone based on who you are, and respecting them, as in admiring them for what they've done.)

With me so far?

This has been on my mind all day because just this morning I had to deal with a challenging interaction with someone I greatly love, but because of what he/she chose to do with this situation, my respect for them was challenged. My love didn't change one iota, but my ability to feel admiration, based on their behavior did. I came away from that conversation with a couple of thoughts:

1) Because of grace, God loves us no matter what we do or how we treat Him.
2) Because of grace, God will always show honor/respect to us no matter how we behave or how we treat Him;
3) Because of grace, God's love won't change; his ability to be honorable in all His dealings with us won't change; but that doesn't mean He 'respects' what we choose to do or how we choose to behave.

I believe that feeling respect for someone is intimately connected with our ability to trust that person.

The more you trust someone's integrity, honor, trustworthiness, the higher the respect factor. Am I right?

I believe this is why God chooses to use some folks in greater proportion to their abilities than others: not because He loves them more, nor because He chooses favorites, but because some people have chosen to be more trustworthy, more respectable, than others. Some can be trusted to drive their Father's car without supervision while the other child can't...at least not yet.

Take David, in the Old Testament, as an example. As he proved his trustworthiness to his earthly father, his Heavenly Father began to promote him again and again. As David proved himself trustworthy to his earthly authority (King Saul for example), God began to elevate his earthly influence over that of others who were seemingly so much more capable and suited for the roles David filled.

I don't know about you, but I can say for myself, that when the eyes of the Lord run to and fro throughout the whole earth, searching for a heart that is loyal to His, I want His eyes to land on me! If God is looking for people, not only to love, but to show Himself strong for, my desire is that He would do this in my life.

Grace means His love is always constant. I can't make Him love me anymore than he infinitely does already. Nor can I do anything that would cause Him to love me any less.

This awareness frees my heart to obey Him in loyal love.

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What about you?

• How do you see Grace's role in response to trustworthiness and respectability?

Grace of Refuge and Strength

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 Grace of Refuge and Strength

By
Cheryl Laurenza, MA, LPC, NCC
BCPCC, CPCS, ACS

“God is our Refuge and Strength [mighty and impenetrable to temptation]; a very present and well-proved help in trouble. —Psalm 46:1 AMP”

Have you ever felt alone? Like no one understood or really knew you? A lot of people I meet with have struggled with this for years. There are many reasons for this as well. It seems that so much of the "church" does not minister as a community to each other, but does quite well in meeting needs of those "outside." I had often heard it said that we are the only Army that "shoots their wounded."

Now some do a far better job than others, and in some cases, because of our own fear, insecurities etc., we don't allow people to know us. I know for me I had struggled with that for years and it was a very painful and isolating place to be. Looking back at how God used people, a great church, and a Christian counselor, not to mention my husband and some wonderful people who would not let me sink into that pit, I can see that God desires to be our Refuge, place of safety, that He delights in us as his precious children, even in the depths of the struggle, He is so there.

Yet here's the point, we need to be that hand, that voice, that arm around the shoulder for each other. My calling is to minister to the body, hold up its leaders and workers, but never forget to allow God to minister to my own heart through others as well.

We are never alone, there is one who knows us and loves us regardless of where we are at! If you are one who has been touched and healed in this way, never forget or “outgrow” that reality that we need each other.

If you are in that place I was, call out to Him, even if you are uncertain about all this. Look at who He may have put in your path and do the hardest thing, reach out and let them be His instrument in your life.

Cheryl Laurenza, MA, LPC, NCC

BCPCC, CPCS, ACS

The Refuge Counseling Center

500 Sun Valley Dr. Suite C-1

Roswell, GA 30076

P: 678 693 2281

F: 770 640 9287

Cheryl@refugecounselingcenter.org

www.refugecounselingcenter.org

God's Timing

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God's Timing

ByLori Kennedy

…Jesus said, “This sickness will not end in death.  No, it is for God’s glory so that God’s Son may be glorified through it .”  (John 11:4 NIV)

Have you ever wondered where God is and why He hasn’t answered your prayers?  Have you ever felt abandoned by God?  Have you felt that He has left you or doesn’t love you? 

Have you had a prayer answered in a different way than you hoped or expected?

I always think of that Garth Brooks song, “Unanswered Prayers”.  As the song goes, when Garth was in high school, he used to pray that God would allow him to marry the girl he was currently dating.  Many years later at a class reunion he reflected back on his life.  Then thinking of his current bride, he thanked God for not answering that high school prayer. 

I wonder if Mary and Martha felt that their prayers had gone unanswered when Lazarus died before Jesus arrived.  Verse 5 and 6 of John Chapter 11 says that Jesus loved Mary, Martha and Lazarus, yet stayed where He was two days after He heard Lazarus was ill.  He arrived four days after Lazarus had been buried.  Martha accuses Jesus in verse 21 of chapter 11 of being too late.  She states, “If you had been here, my brother would not have died.”  In verse 32 of chapter 11, Mary makes this exact same accusation. 

Why do you think Jesus did this?  Why do you think He allowed Mary and Martha to suffer this loss?  Do you think that they felt that He had abandoned them, that He did not love them and had not answered their prayers?  We know He was burdened for them in their grief as stated in 11:33.  Verse 35 says that Jesus wept. 

Mary and Martha had seen Jesus heal people before as had the Disciples.  Yes, healing was a miracle, but the miracle of healing had already been witnessed.  In fact, that is exactly why Mary and Martha had called on Jesus, healing was the anticipated result of requesting His presence.  However, the scripture states in 11:4 that this particular miracle was to be for God’s glory so that God’s Son may be glorified through it.  Verse 15 of chapter 11 says that it was so the disciples may believe.  Verse 40 further discloses His purpose by stating, “Did I not tell you that if you believed, you would see the glory of God?”  Maybe, just maybe, God wanted to reveal more of himself to His faithful followers than had been previously shown to them.

I had a friend tell me that our being able to see God working in our life is like the Macy’s Day Parade on Thanksgiving Day.  We are just someone in the crowd, only able to see what is exactly in front of us at that moment.  God, on the other hand, is hovering over the whole parade and can see beginning, middle, and end.  God knows what’s best for our lives as declared in Romans 8:28 (NIV), “God works for the good of those who love Him, who have been called according to His purpose” and in Jeremiah 29:11 (NIV), “For I know the plans I have for you”, declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.”  It is truly daunting to try to see the Hand of God in the midst of difficult circumstances or to feel His love during an especially silent time.  If you are going through a tough time, I challenge you to keep your perspective eternal using the backdrop of the cross as your filter.  If you are feeling abandoned and not hearing from God, I laugh and tell you to hold on tight, because He might be about to reveal His glory in mighty and powerful ways to you!

Enjoy My GRACE. It's Yours! BE BLESSED!

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Enjoy My GRACE. It’s Yours! BE BLESSED!

ByDebra Courtney

“Therefore, [inheriting] the promise is the outcome of faith and depends [entirely] on faith in order that it might be given as an act of grace, (unmerited favor), to make it stable and valid and guaranteed to all his descendants – not only to the devotees and adherents of the Law, but also to those who share the faith of Abraham, who is [thus] the father of us all” (Romans 4:16 AMP).

I got a letter in the mail last year. As I read it, the letter stated that I should: “Stay steady. Your greatest BLESSING ever is at hand for this year. No one can stop God’s plan for you. Your faith will cause it to be set, established and fixed. Not only the things that Satan has stolen in the past, but a transferring of God’s goods, property, wealth and influence into the hands of His people.” Wow, I thought to myself , “what great news for me”! I received it in faith. I began to investigate scriptures pertaining to this grace (unmerited favor) and wanted to begin to understand more as it pertained to me and how I can receive and give grace to others.   

Let’s look at 2 Corinthians 8:7 that says, “Therefore, as ye abound in everything, in faith, and utterance, and knowledge, and in all diligence, and in your love to us, see that ye abound in this GRACE also”.

The things that God can do for us are exceedingly abundantly above all that you can ask or think is to make all GRACE abounds towards you, and Faith is the key. Abounding in faith comes from the GRACE of God.  

Verse 9 says:

“For you know the GRACE of our Lord Jesus Christ that though he was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor, so that you through his poverty might become rich.”

Giving is a natural response of love. I learned a long time ago that the seed that leaves my hand never leaves my life. It goes out into my future and produces a harvest for me. I have been in a place of lack.  I don’t like lack. I have been in a place of abundance and I like abundance better. How about you?

Through the grace I have received, I go with eagerness to help others. To encourage, uplift, and reach everyone we can with the good news of the Gospel is a great understanding that God has placed in my heart. That they know He loves them and cares about them and is very much interested in where they are at and what they are doing with their lives. Kingdom living is grace living, I believe.

I have so radically experienced grace through others by them giving of their time, talents, and treasures to me. The authenticity and intentionality with which it was given to and I received it was one of the greatest moves of love and grace ever expressed to me.

Jesus set aside so much for us. Yet by doing so, he made us “rich” because we received the good grace of freedom from sin which make us uniquely special! We are wondrously created! We have such great grace abounding towards us. How awesome is that!

Grace for Myself: Balancing the Responsibilities of Home and Family

Grace for Myself: 

Balancing the Responsibilities of Home and Family

By: Melissa Haas

But he said to me, "My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness." 

2 Corinthians 12:9 ESV

The limitation of my humanity in managing my home is a reality I face every day.    As I drag myself out of bed each morning, walk past baskets of dirty laundry (currently there are five) and into a kitchen with dirty dishes in the sink from yesterday, I grab a cup of coffee, plop down in my chair, and breathe a prayer of gratitude--thankful for grace.

It’s taken a long time for me to cultivate that gracious response to myself.  Like many women, for most of my early adult life I was haunted by the voices in my head that said things like “godly women manage their homes better than you do” and “a good woman puts her needs and desires last.”  After all, the Proverbs 31 woman had boundless energy in spite of obvious sleep deprivation and the ability to manage all of her responsibilities successfully.   If she could do it back in the days before dishwashers and washing machines, I should be able to manage my home better than she did.

I vividly remember thinking to myself that I must just be missing something.  So I decided to attend a Bible study on the Proverbs 31 woman, hoping that I would get the tools I needed to finally be able to get my act together in running our home with efficiency and grace.   At the time my children were four, eighteen months, and three months old, and just getting all of us to church on time was a feat of amazing proportions.   (I usually did not succeed.)

Every week I would go, and every week I would come home with a renewed determination to do better in managing my responsibilities at home.  Inevitably, though, between nursing the baby and keeping my eighteen-month old from playing in the toilet and playing dolls with my four-year-old daughter, the care of my home would be neglected once again.   I began dreading the familiar feelings of inadequacy and shame I experienced every time I went to study the Bible.    My heart was heavy from failure.

One morning, as I was talking to God about it all, confessing my failure to manage my home well, I got the distinct impression that He was bored with our conversation.  “Are you listening to me, Father?” I asked. 

“Yes, daughter, I’m listening.  I’m just not very drawn to your heart right now.  You are so focused on you and your failures, you are missing the very thing I created you for—relationships.   Has it ever occurred to you that these household responsibilities you are so freaked out about have no eternal value?  What makes me smile are your relationships with Me and the ones I have given you to love well.”

“But what about the Proverbs 31 woman?   You are the One who gave her to us as an example.”

“I gave Myself as the example to follow, daughter.  I thought I set the record straight with Mary and Martha, but just in case you have forgotten, let Me say it clearly.  Your worth and our relationship are not based on how well you manage your home.  It is based on who I say you are and how much time you spend with Me.  Trust Me with your laundry and your dishes.  I can only give you the grace that you need when you choose to rest in your weakness.” 

And so I took another step on the journey of grace that day—grace for myself.  The laundry and dishes are not always done, but I love the ways He energizes me each day as I trust Him with my weakness. 

What weakness have you been complaining about?  

What’s His perspective?

Dare to trust Him with your humanity. You will find much grace for that.