A fresh infusion of Grace!

First of all I want to start by thanking all of you lovely ladies that commented on my blog post from yesterday. Your prayers are precious to me and I thank you. Let me be honest I wasn't looking for attention. I think that perhaps this was another necessary step that God will use in my life. I have been doing a Bible study with my daughter this year that I purchased for her...little did I know that I was in for a blessing as well. It is very hard to trust, not that I live in paranoia...but as I just told my mom the other day. It would be nice for someone that we both knew to just reach out because they know us (the real Dennis and Joyce)...that they know the truth and that they truly care. It is amazing through all of this...that no one has had the courage to do so. These are all church going people. These are the people that both my husband and I grew up with, were in youth group with, whom I baby sat for, our youth minister for heaven's sake. Out of all of them...none has stepped forward to be our friend.

Back to the Bible study...first of all the book. Five Little Questions That Reveal the Life God Designed for you by Dannah Gresh This book takes you on a journey like I have never experienced before. It digs deep into your life, brings out all of the things that you are clinging to and shows you how to break free from them...it doesn't stop there. After you have found this new freedom you then begin to chart our your M. A. P. (aka, my action plan). Dannah will take you through a series of action plans that digs deep to show you who God mad YOU to be. It is individualized and this is where I began to see the lady that God made me to be. That these lies that are spoken and assumptions that are being made are to tear down, not to build up. This has been so freeing. I love the Chris Tomlin version of Amazing Grace...a few months ago, I had the song playing as I was getting ready for church. When the stanza came on that says "My chains are gone...I've been set free..." for the first time in my married life I truly felt that I had released completely the chains that were keeping me from moving forward in my life.

I am not bitter. I do not hate, I will continue to have faith that God will prevail...He already has!

What is with this fresh infusion of grace? Each and every day of our lives God not only blesses us with a new day...we are also given a new infusion of His grace. I can't even imagine living one day without it...can you?

Now, back to my previous post. It was good for me to write these thoughts here. I was afraid that it would taint my blog...but there is something about jotting down things that makes you see that you have truly let them go.

Thank you Jesus for another day to feel your Grace!

Blessing my dear friends...
Joyce