Tuesday, March 29, 2011

grace that is greater


just a few moments to myself
with a computer
 a Bible
an iced coffee
and a book called bittersweet


'Grace isn't about netting out on the right side of things.
Grace is smashing the calculator,
and using all the broken buttons and pieces to make a mosaic.
Grace isn't about having a second chance;
grace is having so many chances
that you could use them through all eternity
and never come up empty....
Grace is when you finally stop keeping score and
when you realize God never was,
that His game is a different one entirely....
Grace is an even better gift,
because it allows me to do more than just erase.....
It's forgiveness without forgetting,
which is much sweeter than amnesia.'

(p83 bittersweet by shauna niequist)

amen?!

have a SUPER tuesday
giving and receiving GRACE


love, Laurie for the fam


6 comments:

  1. Love it! So very true!. In the next few weeks I will be finishing up a bible study w/ Leslies church do u have any good bible studies out there u have done?

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  2. Beautiful way to explain grace. Beautiful.

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  3. LOVE THE NEW BLOG LOOK!!!!!!!!

    also this post! :)

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  4. Hey- I was trying to remember the name of those iced coffee things you told me you were obsessed with. I need a new way to feed my addiction :) Hope you are having a great day! Love the blog!

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  5. A few moments that sound like heaven... I loved Shauna Niequist's first book Cold Tangerines and am now tempted to find time to pick this one up :)

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  6. oh my goodness! i NEED to read this book, i keep seeing it everywhere!

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