engraving grace

if you don't read the she reads truth plans, you need to. in fact. stop reading this and head on over to start a plan right now.

if you're still here, awesome.

the current plan is through hebrews. which, if we're being honest. gets a bit heavy. not like heavy spiritually, but heavy like "i'm reading this but i have no idea what's going on". chapter seven starts getting into priests and then there's melchizedek the priest. a name i have no idea how to pronounce. when i first read it, i sang that hawaiian christmas song from christmas vacation.

you're welcome.

anyways. there's a lot being talked about. specifically...covenants.

"the former regulation is set aside because it was weak and useless (for the law made nothing perfect), and a better hope is introduced, by which we draw near to God."
hebrews 7:18

i have to think every once in a while about what it would be like to live in the OT days. everything had a law. there were sacrifices to be burned. prayers to be prayed. things you could, and could clearly not do. is anyone else as exhausted as i am thinking about all of this?

but here's the good news.

Jesus.

"but this is the new covenant i will make with the people of Israel after those days," says the Lord, "i will put my instructions deep within them, and i will write them on their hearts. i will be their God, and they will be my people."
jeremiah 31:33

this new covenant is grace.

at the end of todays post, this question was asked:
how is God engraving grace on your heart today?

and to be totally honest. i sat for a minute and didn't have an answer.

my first one was, "um, giving me life?"

i felt silly. and like i was a baby christian again, not fully understanding what God's love and grace meant. that i obviously didn't understand what this new covenant meant.

but that's just not true.

my answer is good. maybe it isn't top of the class good, but it's good for me.
i realized that the grace for me, today. is life. is the breath i get to take. the life He has given me.
my grace from Him today, is His giving.

i became overwhelmed with gratitude thinking about all the giving He does.
i get cranky when i feel like i keep giving to someone and they don't give anything back. you've heard someone say it before, "i just feel like i give, and give, and give".

God gives. and just asks that we place our hope and trust in Him.

God never complains.
because, oh my gosh could you imagine if He did.

"i give and give to megan. a life that's eternal. a husband. the worlds cutest dog. her dream job. and yet there are a lot of days when she doesn't even say thank you."

if there was a cave to crawl in right now. i would.
i'm beyond words when it comes to thankfulness to God and all that He gives me.

i'm thankful that instead of having to follow a bunch of rules, or thinking i have to go to a priest to get to God, i have a direct line right to Him.

my answer may have been the obvious one. and maybe wasn't as mature as other answers. but it's mine. and i'm thankful God doesn't mind my answer.

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