Grace

My  teacher was surprised at seeing me in a summer dress, claiming that autumn was around the corner... but I feel summer at it's peak now.
Happiness, energy and rebirth is overflowing around me. I see it in church now, at school and on the streets of New York.

This Sunday we were once again talking about our number 10: an encouragement to share faith and testimonies with at least 10 people. I have them, I just know to work more on the relationships: Susan, frenie, mom, dad, Juanita, Josephine, Jessica, Stephania, Armando, kayleen.

Today we talked about how we can be a living testimony. My favorite worship song at the moment, an old one I know, is ' shout to the Lord'. It's such a celebration!

I have found my favorite word for the moment now. Grace. It makes most sense to me this month.
- and as if God was agreeing with me on that, the songsters at Hempstead today sang, "I can't believe your grace included me". Now for me I think of how I am at grace specifically, not the grace God shows in my life. . But in reality it's the same thing! Any grace is heaven sent.

The word means everything to me these days; looking at the world through graceful eyes (what is offered and what we can give of grace in return) and being graceful in our ways; acts and thoughts. This is the most meaningful way of living to me.

When I choose grace i am healed from anything, I have no anger or much fear, and I am at a place of calmness.

whenever I remind myself of this way of seeing the world, - When you're hurt or go through obstacles; through this approach I choose to be truthful about my struggles and honest about my feelings and what things and what pace I need in my life this moment.
I choose to live truthfully and be graceful about anything that comes.

A new friend helped me see this, a quite unexpected person for me. But I believe that God sent her for that one moment I needed to hear the words of grace - in a way such expressed that I finally understood the full meaning of it and how to pursue it for myself in life.

As the last thing for this post I want to share is what major Phil ended his message by saying; that the way we present ourselves is the way I present Christ. .. see for he made me, he is my father, so whatever I do and however I act tells people about my father.
-i want to present him best. I want to feel close to him and hear him say, "you shared me well today and you made me proud"
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Have a graceful week!