Going Through? There Is Grace For That
God never said life would always be easy, but He did say He would not leave us comfortless or
by ourselves in the midst of storms. If you are in a rough space today, there is grace available
to you.
Earlier, I was walking outdoors when, suddenly, my foot slipped out from under me.
Down I went.
“Oh boy, I’m gonna pay for that,” I told my husband Kenya as he helped me up out of the snow.
It happened so fast, I couldn’t even break the fall.
Ouch.
My left hip took the brunt of it.
Well, as I regained my stability, I instantly felt throbbing pain and knew I would be feeling the
impact of that tumble well beyond that moment.
I see an Epsom salt soak in my future.
Even though it has warmed up a bit in my hometown (It was a high of about 40 degrees and is
supposed to hit somewhere around 50 degrees by tomorrow.) there are still slick spots on
some walkways from the snowstorm that hit us hard earlier this week. I guess the grip on my
flat rubber-soled boots wasn’t enough to keep me from sliding around on the icy path.
“Are you okay?” Kenya asked.
I told him I was, after which, he felt free to laugh at me.
“That’s terrible,” I teased. “You can either laugh at me or be concerned about me, but you
can’t do both.”
We both chuckled.
I’ll likely be sore, but thankfully I’m alright. My last bad fall landed me in the ER with a broken
left wrist, so it could have been a lot worse.
The thing about falling is, usually, your body has very little time to react. That’s what’s so
disconcerting. Before your brain can even catch up to what’s happening, you’re already going
down. And without the proper time to respond, there is nothing you can do except deal with the
effects of the fall.
You sort of get up and walk—sometimes limp—away, assessing the damage based on the
intensity of the aching.
Whether you end up badly hurt or just a touch achy, either way, there is nothing that can be
done about it. You have to hop on up, brush off, and keep on trucking.
The same is true of life.
Things happen.
Sometimes, you get knocked off your feet by bad news. The storms of life have a way of
blowing you over and hitting you hardest when you least expect it. Day to day, you can’t know
for sure what awaits you.
So the best thing to do is what I did today.
Regroup, stand erect and push forward.
That doesn’t mean you won’t hurt.
I wish I could tell you that, but it wouldn’t be true.
The fact remains, some trials are difficult. When the rug gets snatched from under you, at
times, you feel heartache, heartbreak, sadness, loneliness and discouragement. Despite your
willingness to dust yourself off and go on, there will be moments when you will still feel the
impact of what happened.
But don’t let it stop you.
If you have to walk with a limp, then hobble on. If you have to cry at night, go ahead and
release it. But the next day, arise and carry on.
I don’t know about you, but there have been extended periods of time when I have had to carry
out my duties in life with a heavy heart. I would be wiping tears before walking out the door to
face the world.
There have been seasons when I was going through so much, while grappling with a plethora
of emotions, and still had to function as if everything were normal. The world didn’t stop
because I was going through.
It took everything in me to put one foot in front of the other.
Thank God for His grace that carried me through.
That same grace is available to you also.
To remind of this, I’m stirring 2 Corinthians 12:9-10 NIV into your cup of inspiration. It says,
“But he said to me, ‘My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.’
Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ's power may rest
on me. That is why, for Christ's sake, I delight in weaknesses, in insults, in hardships, in
persecutions, in difficulties. For when I am weak, then I am strong.’”
As you drink down the contents of your cup, you will be reminded that for every weakness,
difficulty, hardship and infirmity, there is grace.
If you refuse to quit and choose to lean on God, He’ll help you through it all.
He’ll keep you going. He’ll lift your head and soothe your soul. He will comfort you until it
doesn’t hurt anymore.
And in those time when it feels unbearable, He will bear the burdens for you.
You can make it because of God’s grace.
It's there for you.
Tap into it.
Now let’s pray.
by ourselves in the midst of storms. If you are in a rough space today, there is grace available
to you.
Earlier, I was walking outdoors when, suddenly, my foot slipped out from under me.
Down I went.
“Oh boy, I’m gonna pay for that,” I told my husband Kenya as he helped me up out of the snow.
It happened so fast, I couldn’t even break the fall.
Ouch.
My left hip took the brunt of it.
Well, as I regained my stability, I instantly felt throbbing pain and knew I would be feeling the
impact of that tumble well beyond that moment.
I see an Epsom salt soak in my future.
Even though it has warmed up a bit in my hometown (It was a high of about 40 degrees and is
supposed to hit somewhere around 50 degrees by tomorrow.) there are still slick spots on
some walkways from the snowstorm that hit us hard earlier this week. I guess the grip on my
flat rubber-soled boots wasn’t enough to keep me from sliding around on the icy path.
“Are you okay?” Kenya asked.
I told him I was, after which, he felt free to laugh at me.
“That’s terrible,” I teased. “You can either laugh at me or be concerned about me, but you
can’t do both.”
We both chuckled.
I’ll likely be sore, but thankfully I’m alright. My last bad fall landed me in the ER with a broken
left wrist, so it could have been a lot worse.
The thing about falling is, usually, your body has very little time to react. That’s what’s so
disconcerting. Before your brain can even catch up to what’s happening, you’re already going
down. And without the proper time to respond, there is nothing you can do except deal with the
effects of the fall.
You sort of get up and walk—sometimes limp—away, assessing the damage based on the
intensity of the aching.
Whether you end up badly hurt or just a touch achy, either way, there is nothing that can be
done about it. You have to hop on up, brush off, and keep on trucking.
The same is true of life.
Things happen.
Sometimes, you get knocked off your feet by bad news. The storms of life have a way of
blowing you over and hitting you hardest when you least expect it. Day to day, you can’t know
for sure what awaits you.
So the best thing to do is what I did today.
Regroup, stand erect and push forward.
That doesn’t mean you won’t hurt.
I wish I could tell you that, but it wouldn’t be true.
The fact remains, some trials are difficult. When the rug gets snatched from under you, at
times, you feel heartache, heartbreak, sadness, loneliness and discouragement. Despite your
willingness to dust yourself off and go on, there will be moments when you will still feel the
impact of what happened.
But don’t let it stop you.
If you have to walk with a limp, then hobble on. If you have to cry at night, go ahead and
release it. But the next day, arise and carry on.
I don’t know about you, but there have been extended periods of time when I have had to carry
out my duties in life with a heavy heart. I would be wiping tears before walking out the door to
face the world.
There have been seasons when I was going through so much, while grappling with a plethora
of emotions, and still had to function as if everything were normal. The world didn’t stop
because I was going through.
It took everything in me to put one foot in front of the other.
Thank God for His grace that carried me through.
That same grace is available to you also.
To remind of this, I’m stirring 2 Corinthians 12:9-10 NIV into your cup of inspiration. It says,
“But he said to me, ‘My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.’
Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ's power may rest
on me. That is why, for Christ's sake, I delight in weaknesses, in insults, in hardships, in
persecutions, in difficulties. For when I am weak, then I am strong.’”
As you drink down the contents of your cup, you will be reminded that for every weakness,
difficulty, hardship and infirmity, there is grace.
If you refuse to quit and choose to lean on God, He’ll help you through it all.
He’ll keep you going. He’ll lift your head and soothe your soul. He will comfort you until it
doesn’t hurt anymore.
And in those time when it feels unbearable, He will bear the burdens for you.
You can make it because of God’s grace.
It's there for you.
Tap into it.
Now let’s pray.
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through. In Jesus’ name, Amen.
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can make it through. Today, I lean on You, the all-sufficient One to carry me
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