His Delight

All Grace?
Ann Voscamp in her blog this week, dares to proclaim what she terms "scandalous faith in a Good God" and to pose the question, "Is it still Grace when He gives that which we may not perceive as good?"

Oh and again, Spirit Breathes deeply into the Body ... and fresh understanding, insight, wisdom come forth...

This year I have received three Words, one every few months, that have changed me from the inside out:

Be-Loved--- how many times does He call me His beloved? and if I be not abiding in His Love, I am nothing but dead-branch-wood, shriveled and fruitless...

Be-lieve--- I *do* believe... but oh how i need Jesus to HELP MY UNBELIEF... and He shows me that without BELIEVING HIS GOODNESS, I live in the shadowlands of fearing that render daily living paltry, disappointing, insufficient, and stained with the demandingness of self.

Be-Love--- But He has promised that as i abide in Him and have my thirst quenched in Him, He will cause wells of Living Water to spring forth from me, spilling out over all.

So yes, it IS all Grace... endless eternal rivers and springs and oceans of Grace