I cannot believe how quickly this semester is going by... it's already February, folks! After this semester, I will be approaching my junior year of college. That. Is. Crazy. But this semester has already been so wonderful and eye opening. I have really experienced the Lord's love, blessings, grace, and wisdom in this past month alone. He has been oh so good to me.
Grace is a word I use very, very often. It's in the title of my blog, it's written a hundred times in my journal, it's underlined all over the place in my Bible... The Lord's grace for me has been very heavy on my heart lately. I have always known that I am saved by grace and that His grace covers my sins but what I am truly beginning to learn is that that overused word in my vocabulary is what sets me free. It is the reason I have a purpose and a plan that I am not yet sure of and it is why I am at peace with that. It is why the best thing I can ever do is as filthy rags and why I can rest in my failures. It is the freedom I am given to replace my shame and guilt with joy. Grace allows me to be who I am and to be seen as righteous in His sight. How beautiful is that.
I was thinking about it the other day and happened to remember that my name means grace. I also remember that I used to think of it in the context of being graceful and not clumsy (which I've always been), but now it holds much more meaning when I see it through a different light, realizing that the simple word is the song of my heart.
Sorry for a bit of a serious post, but I just wanted to share with you all what has been on my heart since I last wrote to you. On the other hand, as you may have noticed I changed up the blog a good bit! I felt that it needed a good sprucing up and tried to match my style a little more. I probably had a little too much fun searching for just the right changes, but that's okay :)
On behalf of Valentine's Day coming shortly and all you single people reading this, I will leave you with a verse that a friend sent me the other day:
"When you're unmarried, you're free to concentrate simply on the Master. The time and energy that married people spend on caring and nurturing each other, the unmarried can spend in becoming whole and holy instruments of God."
-1 Corinthians 7:32,34 (The Message)
Thank you, thank you, thank you for reading and putting up with my spastic writing! I am hoping this week is treating you well :)
Much love, Anna
