"My deepest awareness of myself is that I am deeply loved by Jesus Christ and I have done nothing to earn it or deserve it." -Brennan Manning, "The Ragamuffin Gospel"
That quote, I think, is a good place to start off this post...
So, I'm in a major transition period right now in my spiritual life and it's kind of been a difficult thing. However, I've been learning a lot about myself and who God has made me to be.
The quote above is from a book that I picked up last week and have dived into head first. It is a book about learning to accept grace in it's simplest form. Which is proving to be a very hard concept to grasp. I have become so used to 'doing' things for the Lord instead of just accepting the fact that I can't. It's also difficult to grasp that God understands that I can't 'do' but still accepts me as the 'ragamuffin' I am.
But it's been super encouraging to have the support and accountability from my group of friends.
Morgan, Elisa, Kaity, Daniel and Evan are awesome and I couldn't ask for a better group of friends and prayer partners. I'm really excited about staying connected with them and seeing what God teaches them this year.
I'll end with another quote, hoping and praying it encourages someone's heart.
"There we are-the multitude who so wanted to be faithful, who at times got defeated, soiled by life, and bested by trials, wearing the bloodied garments of life's tribulations, but through it all clung to faith. My friends, if this is not good news to you, you have never understood the gospel of grace." -Brennan Manning, "The Ragamuffin Gospel"
Cheers :)
