Me:  That is a whole lot of sweets!

Prodigal:  Yes, I think one of these will satisfy my sweet tooth for the moment.

Me:  I will share something about another sweetness called grace

 

This is from the book Becoming More Than A Good Bible Study Girl by Lysa Terkeurst

 

Grace doesn’t give me a free pass to act out how I feel, with no regard to His commands.  Rather His grace gives me consolation in the moment, with a challenge to learn from this situation and become more mature in the future.

Grace is the sugar that helps the bitter pills of confession and repentance go down without choking.   That’s why the writer of Hebrews says, “Let us then approach the throne of grace with confidence, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help us in our time of need” (Hebrews 4:16).  Grace is the reason I can go to God quickly, immediately–before I’m cleaned up– and boldly ask for His help.  In the midst of my mess, God is there.

 

Why do I not want to believe.  Why do I not want to believe that you are changing things and that I can have hope.  After the trials there comes a time for the sun to break in between the clouds.  You look up to see part of the sun but you don’t want to believe that the clouds are going away.  You don’t want to believe that it will be a sunny day.  You clutch your umbrella and prepare for the rain even though you see the sun starting to shine on your face.  It is then that I am amazed that God is patient that I don’t believe Him and He is calling that it will be a sunny day.  God I need that patience today.  God I need that grace today.

 

Isaiah 8:10

Take counsel together, and it shall come to nought; speak the word, and it shall not stand:  for God is with us.

 

Jennifer Van Allen

www.theprodigalpig.com

www.faithincounseling.org