Jesus Our Grace
God has put on my heart, the mercy of grace, he gives to those who fight a invisible illness. It's a internal fight we have that in a second we are fighting from day to night. Grace can come from a love one that was place in the middle to give us help and comfort through that difficult time, going to the ER or hospital. Or a grief of losing a child and someone comes close, when there seems to be no way out of this sorrow. The shock of grief seems to stop everything, and then God's grace gives us momentum to carry us through, when there is no reason to move forward.
I've learned through each anguish moment in my life..Jesus is that grace given to me to make it through the other side. Even on the cross Jesus was place between the two thieves..one wanted the pain done with and die a lone..but the other want to find Jesus in his suffering. (Luke 23:39-43) Jesus is our grace and promise of peace and paradise wherever we find ourselves. Jesus wants to be in the middle, our grace, he want to go through our suffering so we can see his paradise, his sweetness, his deliverance.
“Jesus himself did not try to convert the two thieves on the cross; he waited until one of them turned to him.”
― Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Letters and Papers from Prison-
I've learned through each anguish moment in my life..Jesus is that grace given to me to make it through the other side. Even on the cross Jesus was place between the two thieves..one wanted the pain done with and die a lone..but the other want to find Jesus in his suffering. (Luke 23:39-43) Jesus is our grace and promise of peace and paradise wherever we find ourselves. Jesus wants to be in the middle, our grace, he want to go through our suffering so we can see his paradise, his sweetness, his deliverance.
“Jesus himself did not try to convert the two thieves on the cross; he waited until one of them turned to him.”
― Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Letters and Papers from Prison-
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Timing is everything, and God is a pro at timing. He knows grief isn't a puzzle to be quickly solved or a hurdle to jump immediately. Instead He stands next to us until our torrent of tears lessens, knowing we'll hear His words better after that. He says, “As a mother comforts her child, so will I comfort you” (Isaiah 66:13), and just like a mom who instinctively knows what her children need, when the time is right, God soothes our tattered spirits.
So the same messages that once felt like vinegar in a wound becomes a rich source of sustenance and comfort, building within us the will to move forward.
How abundant are the good things that you [Lord] have stored up for those who take refuge in you. —Psalm 31:19 Lord, teach me how to accept the comfort offered by others and through it, to move forward. He has “borne our griefs and carried our sorrows” (Isaiah. 53:4).Amen!