grace is enough.

i have a confession: sometimes it doesn't feel like grace is enough (i hope i am not speaking sacreligiously....if that is even a word). sometimes i feel like i need a little more. more from God. sometimes it doesn't seem like enough to get through struggles.

in actuality, i do need more. but it isn't that His grace and love isn't enough. rather, it is me who has not realized (or accepted) His grace and love enough. and as a result of that realization, need to extend it more.

i suppose it is an endless, lifelong lesson - realizing and accepting this grace. i hope and pray that each day i grow more and more in God's grace. i hope and pray that those around me can also grow in that, and that God may use me to help them grow.

calvin college has a sunday night service on campus called 'LOFT': living our faith together (or today?). when i was there, every service ended in singing a song with these words...a benediction...

my friends may you grow in grace

and in the knowledge of our Lord and Savior

my friends may you grow in grace

and in the knowledge of Jesus Christ

to God be the glory

now and forever

now and forever, amen.

to God be the glory

now and forever

now and forever, amen.

i pray that we grow in grace, together.