Extending grace
I 'm back again today, talking about Grace. Let me just start off by saying, "When you have screwed up in your Christian walk as much as I have...being inconsistent in your walk, having a bad attitude and so on, you come to appreciate GRACE." I'm thankful for it. The biggest reason I'm thankful for it now is because I really know within my being that I don't deserve it. When I first became saved I knew that I was a sinner in need of it, but I believed the "lie" that so many often told me "I was good." That was pre-married, pre-babies (7), and pre-homeschooling. After being married for 20 years, having seven children, and homeschooling...I now know the sin that lives within my heart. Husband and children—the people I love the most . They are also the people that bring out the worst in me at times. Sometimes when I think of family I think of the opening line in Charles Dickens classic: The tale of two cities: "It was the ...