tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4179927130434516277.post3372071684853035865..comments2016-09-29T08:29:06.436-07:00Comments on Missy's musings: HEATING IT UPMissy's Musingshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12435570424989479173noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4179927130434516277.post-76695215970912614562013-06-04T13:05:17.785-07:002013-06-04T13:05:17.785-07:00Well, as for suffering through the heat of the com...Well, as for suffering through the heat of the coming weekend, I am happy to know I will be there to suffer through it with you....I will even bring you a watermelon ;)<br />As for weathering life's imminent "firestorms", I am also baffled when I don't automatically look for God's help before another minute of pain passes. But I don't, not always. I suppose it has a lot to do with feeling un-worthy of asking for help, either because I haven't done anything particularly stupendous enough to warrant another's help, or because I always assume that surely someone else is in more need, or feeling more pain than I, so where do I get off putting my needs before anyone else's. That might sound nutty, but I bet most of us have felt that way.<br /><br />But....thankfully....I have finally begun to see the real meaning of God's Grace and how utterly unable we are to "deserve" it. Jesus' sacrifice on the cross and His unfathomable expression of love for us was about more than just the absolution of our sin (as monumental as that is), it's also a clear invitation for us to be in relationship to Him....about everything. Even when life gets "hot"....maybe especially then.<br />I really think that the more we avoid taking our cares and pain to the feet of Jesus for fear of being a nuisance, or for fear of being selfish of His time, the less we really understand the very nature of His Grace. <br /><br />Thanks for the reminder, Missy....I needed it today.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04827487213859514343noreply@blogger.com