Life is in a constant state of transition, and I am a wanderer passing through. This place isn't my real home....
First and foremost I am a child of God, eternally loved by Him. That is the foundation of who I am, and all else is secondary. Day by day, God is shaping me to become the person He created me to be.
Human strength is weakness; we must allow God to work through us. How can we learn to be patient without long periods of waiting? How can we grow strong without lifting heavy burdens? How can we grow wise without these experiences?
That's why God is teaching me to trust Him and be content in all circumstances.
Genuine grace contains a bit of awkwardness. The egret, one of nature's most graceful creatures, has an appearance that is somewhat off, with jagged angles and strange movements. We tend to think of grace as flawlessly executed, like a ballet dance or presidential speech. The person with perfect manners, whose tongue never slips, who has flawless fashion sense -- that is who we consider graceful. But the egret is untrained, and unparalleled grace surrounds it.
Maybe God's grace works the same way within us -- naturally, without our own self-conscious efforts to obtain righteousness.
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