Hi, Everyone! I wanted to write today about something that the Lord has been clearly showing me for about the past month. Jesus has been teaching me to embrace things lately. This basically means to accept the imperfection and the certain things that go on. This is something that my mom and I have been doing lately because we have realized that the dumb things we do, the weird things we do, and the interesting things we like, are all a part of how special Christ made us.
For example, I have learned to embrace the fact that one time I couldn’t put my shoes on in public because I “forgot”that I have to loosen the laces in order to put the shoes on. With that being said, I looked like a complete idiot, but I embraced that I can be dumb sometimes, and that’s completely okay. Also, I have learned to embrace the true fact, that I would much rather listen to music with a banjo and a mandolin, then all of that Justin Bieber and rap music that comes on the radio. So I have embraced that when I go to big parties where all there is is pop music, I don’t know any of the words and I want to go to the DJ and tell them to play Dixie Chicks and Rend Collective.
With all of that being said, it brings me to how this ties into the gospel. Jesus has given us this life by giving his life, and he calls us to embrace it. This means to embrace grace. When you embrace grace, you live by grace. You live with the fact that the Lord delights in you, and it makes life so much easier. Grace is a gift given to us and when we embrace it, the simplicity of being a Christian becomes unreal. Living life is so simple when you embrace grace because even when you have doubts, questions, and fears, you are willing to just rest in the truth that you are loved by a divine savior, and you can’t help but be joyful!
So whether it’s acting like an idiot in public because you “forgot” how to put your shoes on, or whether it’s knowing the fact that Jesus came down from Heaven to wash your feet clean and give you eternal life, embrace the imperfection in life, because that’s what makes life beautiful.
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