Thankfullness

Tonight I am thankful for:

a mother that prays for me still

a husband who knows how to love me and care for me, who has walked with me through these difficult times and has embraced me and drawn me closer through it all.

children who forgive and love and give grace much more then i deserve from them despite the way they are being treated by me at times.

GRACE

My wonderful in laws who saw my oldest sons need to have a break and some good grandma and grandpa time.

Daniel's teachers at his special needs school. They are so kind and wonderful and helpful and a great community of educators to work with.

And lastly I am thankful tonight for a friend who took courage and shared words with me that i needed to hear... such good words i just wanted to share them with you...


I think we are all deserving because he thought we were worthy to be. Thinking of not being deserving is letting sin be the final say. While sin is wrong and in need of justice it should not be what finds us worthy. And He found us both worthy and deserving enough to recieve mercy. Because:
de·serv·ing/dəˈzərviNG/
Adjective:
Worthy of being treated in a particular way, typically of being given assistance.
Synonyms:
meritorious - worth

If we were made in HIS image I think we are worth being treated in HIS IMAGE. Worth thinking ourselves partially beautiful...not there yet, Not perfect, But still a beautiful mirror that HE created Humanly.

I feel that Christians use underserving so much. I guess I feel it's used wrong and a disservice to the way we were created. I know there is the acknowledgement of sin, justice and choice but we get so much more done when we believe we are worthy. When we believe we are worthy we change, we accept the redemption and we realize with humbleness that we also need to grow in grace.

Anyway, Just a few thoughts. You may struggle but we all do. We were not made angels for some reason. We were made human. It's not an excuse. It's a privilege. Sacred and holy. You have the choice to change, the forgiveness when you mess up and the empowerment of love behind you. When you accept that I just know you will do your best. It may not always be perfect - but when you accept God's grace, give yourself grace then you will also give that to others...even in your flaws...I think what you are doing is beautiful. I do not think it's selfish to have a tough time with change. That's human. Selfishness would require you to completely turn your back with malicious intent.

Thank you again K...