Too Much Grace

"Lord, I am ready to surrender myself to you. Time after time, you've shown me more grace than I deserve. Each time you've saved me from my own mess, I've felt unworthy of the favor. Yet, I recognize it. Each moment I am aware that it's only You that brought me through.

I am grateful for the moments you've afforded me to breathe a sigh of relief but I don't want to forget the moments where I felt so desperate for your presence. I never want to allow myself to grow bigger than the moments I've cried out to You unable to pick myself off the floor. How do I maintain that complete reliance on You without the pain those moments accompanied?

My desire is to be more like You each and every day. My desire is to let go of the cuts and bruises I've collected over my life and trust that connection to others is okay.

I understand that I created walls around myself so thick that I haven't given myself the opportunity to trust You to be my complete protection. Hide me within the depths of You so that I am surrounded by your love and overwhelmed by your comfort. "

Have you felt as though submitting yourself completely to God requires that you be perfect in all ways?

Sometimes you have to admit that you will not achieve the perfection you aspire and understand that who we are in this moment is OK with God. He's OK with us exactly the way we are. So, why is it so difficult for us to receive that as well. What will it take for us to see ourselves as He sees us?

Reflections of Him.

It can feel like too big of an expectation to fulfill.

Today, I am unlearning limitations.

I've set limits on what God can and will do. I've set limits on the amount of Grace I believe I deserve and I've set limits on how God can use me. Today I let those limits go.

What are some limits you've set in your life that you'd like to release?

"For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God. They are justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus." -Romans 3:23-24