Gracious - January 6

Grace. It hit me strong in 2014. Grace carried me through some difficult transitions, a scary pregnancy, the newborn twin stage, a homeschool that I had high hopes for yet had to take a backseat to life itself, a husband who is the epitome of grace itself.

Grace. Grace. God's grace. Something I found myself being more and more thankful for as the year went on. 

And now here we are in 2015 and I'm more in need of that grace as I ever have been. 

But I'm also more convicted to offer myself and others around me that same grace. 

That's why I chose the word GRACIOUS  to be my theme this year. Because my children need MY grace to be a picture of HIS grace so they can learn more about Him. And because my husband who never stops offering grace deserves my Grace as well. And because I need my own Grace bestowed upon myself. 

Daily, actually hourly, I falter, I fail. But it's not perfection I'm in need of. It's GRACE. 

Already this morning, I've cried. I've hurt because I haven't been perfect. And I've hurt those I love the most in the process. I've even felt like quitting and then remembered... I can't! 

So I've literally had nothing more to offer than grace itself. And somehow, that's enough.