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Was our worship service Sunday morning.  We didn't have sunday school, we just had a time of singing and special music.  Our children sang a small Christmas program and it was great.  It was the first one for us in our new church building.  A couple of ladies each sang a special  and the songs that they chose really allowed us to worship God and what He has done for us.  I really needed to start my day off remembering God and His loving grace.  I had not been doing very well heading into this holiday season and I felt as if I was just going through the motions for everybody.  For the past few weeks I just kept thinking about God's grace.  If someone asked me about something or how I did something, I would just say "it's was God's grace".  Well by the time we finished with church yesterday, I was BELIEVING it was God's grace!  The message our pastor preached on was about God's grace.  He started off by trying to preach from John 3:16 and on God's love but when he went to read from another verse, God was on it and he stayed on grace for awhile.  It was exactly what I needed.

So when someone ask me what I got for Christmas, I will simply reply, "I recieved a sweet reminder of God's Grace and how it is in every part of my life."  I needed this more then anything anybody could have bought me or made me for a Christmas present.  It is giving me a new source of hope that I had lost in the past few months.  I woke up today feeling like this day is the start of my new year.  I don't need to wait for Jan 1st.

Some of you may not understand what I am trying to share, but a saved person can get so caught up in worldly things and repeat things out of habit (like "by the grace of God") that you lose touch with the truth that it really is Grace and only Grace that gets you through this world today.  It is nothing of me or on my part that get's me though my day but truely only the grace of God that I even take my next breath.

So while I wondered around this holiday season thinking that I was not in the mood for  it's cheer, it really was only God, asking me to be still and to feel His spirit on me, teaching me once again, a leason on grace.

Thank you Lord for being such a loving God and giving me once again a gift that only you can give, the first being your Son, our Savior and everlasting life.

This has been truly a wonderful Christmas!!!

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2005-Dec-26 - Thank you...

Posted by rosehillranch

....for sharing your testimony! I'm sure the Lord wanted me to be reminded of His grace today. xo Jeani

Edited by rosehillranch on 2005-Dec-26 at 11:00

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2005-Dec-26 - Amen, Pat

Posted by NewHarvestHomestead

I can totally relate to what you have shared here. It's not always about feelings, although those are nice. It's about looking back at your day, week, month and realizing, wow, You really carried me through that, Lord!

Thanks for visiting my blog! I look forward to sharing with you. I also moved to the country 17 years ago and was a city girl before that. We're kindreds!

Lisa

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