I never quite knew how to define Grace. I grew up Christian, but not the kind that talked about Grace, I guess, so I thank you, at the very least, for offering me your definition. I accept it.
There actually HAVE been times in my life that I've extended grace, only to be repaid with betrayal. I wondered what the lesson was. Should I not have listened to my heart? Now I understand -- it was Grace in action. Of course, there were other, more reciprocal stories of Grace in my life, but those left no mark on me. I can't even recall them.
We don't see Grace modeled much in leadership today. "Every person for themselves, devil take the hind most," is the mode of the day. Grace is misunderstood -- a sign of weakness by someone who doesn't understand the assignment, when actually it's quite the reverse. Do we adjust to these changing times? When they go low should we meet them there? It's a conundrum, I agree.
Anger is present in me as well. My body catches it like a cold but its my soul who heals me. Sometimes it takes days for the symptoms in my body to rise to awareness. But when they do it's plain to see. My stomach is clenched, my lungs are tight, anger is in control. Locating myself beneath the anger, she reminds me: The old ways were different, not better. Deconstruction needs to happen. It's hard to watch. Stay with the heart.
Thank you for your observations. There are lessons people give in some Christian churches that there is a tangible reward for doing some things, right? Is grace one of them? I suppose at times. I thought of offering a headline to the tune of “What we all know we need but refuse to give.”
I never quite knew how to define Grace. I grew up Christian, but not the kind that talked about Grace, I guess, so I thank you, at the very least, for offering me your definition. I accept it.
There actually HAVE been times in my life that I've extended grace, only to be repaid with betrayal. I wondered what the lesson was. Should I not have listened to my heart? Now I understand -- it was Grace in action. Of course, there were other, more reciprocal stories of Grace in my life, but those left no mark on me. I can't even recall them.
We don't see Grace modeled much in leadership today. "Every person for themselves, devil take the hind most," is the mode of the day. Grace is misunderstood -- a sign of weakness by someone who doesn't understand the assignment, when actually it's quite the reverse. Do we adjust to these changing times? When they go low should we meet them there? It's a conundrum, I agree.
Anger is present in me as well. My body catches it like a cold but its my soul who heals me. Sometimes it takes days for the symptoms in my body to rise to awareness. But when they do it's plain to see. My stomach is clenched, my lungs are tight, anger is in control. Locating myself beneath the anger, she reminds me: The old ways were different, not better. Deconstruction needs to happen. It's hard to watch. Stay with the heart.
Thank you for your observations. There are lessons people give in some Christian churches that there is a tangible reward for doing some things, right? Is grace one of them? I suppose at times. I thought of offering a headline to the tune of “What we all know we need but refuse to give.”
I love that healine!
I'm still trying to figure out the algorithms here. Have you seen any of my promos about my last post "What's a Forest, Mommy?"