God's Grace = Freedom!

Anyone who has truly experienced the grace of God will understand why God's Grace deserves a post.

God's grace has healed me physically, mentally, and spiritually.  I want to learn more and more about the grace of God, because grace catapults us forward in our life's mission.  So many of us think we are useless or have nothing to offer because of the sin in our life.  We are waiting to fit that perfect Christian mold.  UGH!!  I hate that man-made, satan-inspired, pressure to fit that "Christian Mold". 

I am still renewing my mind as to not judge.  I will be honest.  I feel as though the community I live in is a judgemental one.  Perhaps all communities are in their own way.  Perhaps some more than others.  And I admit, I have often been a part of the problem in the past.  Isn't it easy to say "She did THAT and she claims to love Jesus"?  I'm sure people have had reason to say the same about me.

Lack of Grace hinders us two-fold. 

First, if we are so busy worrying about others and their sin, how will this help our lives in any way, really!  The only one that I will be accountable for at the judgement seat is one person: me.  And God made it very clear that His first commandment is to love.  Love!  This includes showing grace to everyone, everywhere, every time!  We as Christians are representing Jesus.  We are His face on earth.  Love should always be our goal.  Blessing people should always be our mandate!  (Easier said than done!)

Second, if we are constantly down on ourselves because of our own sin (or even something just as simple as our own uniqueness), we will never excel in God's plan for our lives. We need to brush it off and accept God's grace so that we can reach our full potential.  We also need to remember that our full potential may look different than what others in our lives think it's supposed to look like.  Yes, there WILL always be those that look at us and say "he doesn't fit the mold", "THAT'S not a very Christian thing to do", or "how could she do that and call herself a Christian".  We also need to brush off those words and rely only on what God says about us.

What freedom!  When I truly began to understand that God loves me JUST the way I am, what joy!  He not only loves me just the way I am, quirkiness and all, He MADE me the way I am.  For a purpose.  As He did YOU too!  He gave us the gift of GRACE out of His love for us and it is there to take freely when we mess up.  Now THAT'S good news!!

I love this verse:  2 Corinthians 12:9

It talks about the power of grace, but not only that, it also talks about boasting about our weaknesses.  That's where strength lies.  So why are we so hard on ourselves.  Let's just try our best, accept God's grace, and enjoy life!