Grace for Grace

 It's amazing how the Holy Spirit uses music to bypass our human logic and go straight to the heart.  Thank You (Maverick City) - God put in the work for each one of our hearts. He knows what we need and He works so gently. He has changed me so much, and it is wild to remember who I've been at different points of my life. He's made it so easy to be myself, and He is continuing to work in me. That's crazy to me that even though I feel the most connected to Him than I've ever been, I am going to be more connected to Him in the future, I am still growing. I love that. I am so grateful that He does all the work that I could never do, that none of us could do. We need Him, and He responds to our neediness. He will help us as much as we will let Him. Isaiah 41:13 says "For I the Lord thy God will hold thy right hand,..., Fear not; I will help thee." Does that not sound like a father coming with grace and understanding? We are so cared for. He's the best, and...

 This is a wild and mundane and revealing process.  God is good.  I am seeing God's design for marriage, or at least, my own experience of it. I feel a lot of stirring in my heart, a lot of calling to better things, I'm just still even figuring out what those things are.  There's a lot of pride, I know that much. A lot of opinions and selfishness. There's so much of me, and there's times I see it, and times I don't. I feel the weight of my stupidity; I am beginning to see the damage that my stupidity and my hastiness brings. It is no longer just me. It is us.  By the grace of God, He is helping me. He is giving me tastes and nudges in the right direction, and I am grateful. I know it's in His time, and this is a sweet process, and it matters how we grow this. It matters so much how we grow this.  Dear Jesus, Holy Spirit that walks with us, I pray that you would guide the roots, help this foundation be strong. I am not afraid of conflict or hardship but I am...