Thursday, May 27, 2004
naive grace
yep. that's me... in so many ways. i came across this chapter in a book i've been skimming through (but careful to not wrinkle because its a gift to a friend :o)) lately. the "critical" reader that i am, i can't say i agree with all of it, but certain things have challenged me in my thinking greatly.
i was talking to a friend of mine about the idea of forgiveness, and how hard it is. she jokingly said, "you have to, that's your name..." and its so true. every utterance is a reminder that i must live up to my name.
so this chapter... it was talking about how children, in their naiviety, forgive and are gracious in ways that adults who have been weathered with life, are not able to be. they overlook and love in a way that is not easy for "grown ups" to do.
in general, i've tended to have a "childlikeness" about me... but my usually cheerful disposition conveys that. somewhere along the difficulties of the past couple of months, though, i have really allowed a "jaded" grace to take over. i very much didn't feel like myself... and i hated the sadness that this grace portrayed.
looking at that chapter really got me to think about grace differently once again... (continued...)
... i'm thankful that God is gracious with me.
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yep. that's me... in so many ways. i came across this chapter in a book i've been skimming through (but careful to not wrinkle because its a gift to a friend :o)) lately. the "critical" reader that i am, i can't say i agree with all of it, but certain things have challenged me in my thinking greatly.
i was talking to a friend of mine about the idea of forgiveness, and how hard it is. she jokingly said, "you have to, that's your name..." and its so true. every utterance is a reminder that i must live up to my name.
so this chapter... it was talking about how children, in their naiviety, forgive and are gracious in ways that adults who have been weathered with life, are not able to be. they overlook and love in a way that is not easy for "grown ups" to do.
in general, i've tended to have a "childlikeness" about me... but my usually cheerful disposition conveys that. somewhere along the difficulties of the past couple of months, though, i have really allowed a "jaded" grace to take over. i very much didn't feel like myself... and i hated the sadness that this grace portrayed.
looking at that chapter really got me to think about grace differently once again... (continued...)
... i'm thankful that God is gracious with me.
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