Tuesday, January 12, 2010

I´m back

Hello there.  Thanks for coming back with me, I appreciate it.  For my come-back I had an amazing post planned; one that would inspire, challenge and invite you to keep coming for more.  Alas, due to a sick little person, I have slept very little in the past three nights and now the powerful words I had stored in my brain are missing.  Lost... Somewhere between "How much tylenol should I give a 25lb-1-year-old", "What should I wear today since I am functioning as a tissue?", and "Oh yeah, we´re not fasting any more, I have to cook real food!" I seem to have misplaced them.  Sorry.

The one word that does come to mind and I know was supposed to be in said post is GRACE.  As I have stepped into this new year and left the old one behind, I have been reminded afresh of the beauty of grace...  the unfathomable reality of undeserved favor...  the perfect and amazing love of the Bestow-er... and the power of the Gospel.

I have been challenged to remember that my good works are to be a result of the love for my Father, an act of worship, and not an attempt for approval... His or anyone else´s.

I have been challenged to remember that worship is, consequently, a lifestyle and not a compartmentalized action.

I have been challenged to bear in mind that I am called to share this grace, above all things, to the little souls that are entrusted to my care.

So, off I go to wipe the nose of a little man of God... that´s one of the faces of grace in this home today!

2 comments:

Maureen said...

Glad you're back. Sorry you are dealing with sickness. Prayers for health...
Love reading your thoughts from the week.

Mel said...

Oh, I'm glad you're back! I was gone too and missed your entire decade!
Sorry that we couldn't get together yesterday. I missed you.
I'm working through that grace, and lifestyle worship too ... and remembering that being a mom is not just a job to be done while I'm living life, but a calling to put my whole heart into.

Can't wait to see you soon.