Broken Reflections and Grace...

One of my favorite authors says the following of grace:

“To live by grace means to acknowledge my whole life story, the light side and the dark. In admitting my shadow side I learn who I am and what God's grace means.” ~Brennan Manning

 

God's grace has clearly been a theme throughout my life: the light, the dark, and the in-between places. Sometimes I get painful reminders of the years I have spent pursuing the darkened places. Even still, I often have this irrational longing to "taste" the dark days again. Woven in my life story are generous acts of GRACE, REDEMPTION, and an unwavering, relentless love. I've been encouraged by many people to start writing and so I pray this blog will be a reflection of beauty that I myself would never be capable of reflecting. Only through Christ could I ever represent even a glimpse of who He is. I struggle everyday, wrestling with who He says I am and the person I see in the mirror staring back at me (inside and out). The truth remains: He who calls me His friend, His child, and His beloved, is the same God who sees me as breathtaking and without flaw: "You are altogether beautiful, my love; there is no flaw in you." Song of Solomon 4:7 

 

I don't understand it and I can't always see it, but THANK GOD He is walking with me as I try. :)