No, No , No, It's Amazing Grace!

Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you. Cleanse your hands, ye sinners; and purify your hearts, ye double minded. Be afflicted, and mourn, and weep: let your laughter be turned to mourning, and your joy to heaviness. Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and he shall lift you up.

The comments I have received in the last week have been so encouraging, uplifting, loving, and kind. Thank you for taking time to write.

I am NOT an Amazing Woman. God is an Amazing God!

One comment disturbs me. It said “You are such an amazing woman of God.” Sweet Sister, thank you for your kind comment, but please know this is not true. I am not an amazing woman. God is an amazing God!

It is His grace that is amazing. I am a wretched woman He took from the pits and He is creating a work in me in spite of my rebellion. I have a looooong way to go. I have made many, many mistakes in my life. I’m ashamed at the times I have given Satan a foothold. I have walked in pride, judgment, and every sin imaginable. We all do because we are sinners.

I’m not trying to be humble. I don’t have to try. I am easily humbled by some of the sour fruit in my life. I fall so short. What I write here is encouragement for myself and others, in hopes that I grow and in hopes it will encourage others.

The only thing amazing here is that God can use anyone. It’s His amazing grace. When His grace is at work, we can shift our attention from our trials to Him. His grace puts the focus on His sufficiency.

It’s Easy to Have Faith When Things are Going Well.

It’s through the trials faith is needed. God said His grace is sufficient for every trial we will ever encounter. Because of His loving kindness we can withstand discouraging situations because we know He has a bigger and better plan.

The Bible is full of God preparing His servants in ways we don’t always understand. He prepared Joseph for seventeen years for His work in Egypt and He prepared Moses for eighty years before the forty years he led the people of Israel. David had many years of trials before he became King of Israel. Paul and the disciples went through shipwrecks, imprisonments, and beatings.

God is doing a work. I rejoice that God has allowed me these trials to develop a deeper intimacy with Him. The blood infusion I receive weekly makes me stronger physically, but more importantly the infusion of grace I receive spending time in the Word keeps me going spiritually.

My chains are gone, I’ve been set free. My God, my Savior has set me free–unending love, amazing grace.

“And lest I should be exalted above measure through the abundance of the revelations, there was given to me a thorn in the flesh, the messenger of Satan to buffet me, lest I should be exalted above measure.

For this thing I besought the Lord thrice, that it might depart from me.

And he said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee: for my strength is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me.

Therefore I take pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches, in necessities, in persecutions, in distresses for Christ’s sake: for when I am weak, then am I strong. (2 Corinthians 12:7-10)