Max Lucado has written like a gazillion books, I think. Something close to that anyway. Well, the good news is he’s written another masterpiece for you and I to read.
Allow me to introduce you to Grace: More Than We Deserve, Greater Than We Imagine
The meaning of life. The wasted years of life. The poor choices of life. God answers the mess of life with one word: grace.
The book covers topics from pretending to be someone we’re not, to unscrooging our hearts. What a perfect time of the year to get unscrooged.
He (God) dispenses his goodness not with an eyedropper but a fire hydrant. Your heart is a Dixie cup, and his grace is the Mediterranean Sea. You simply can’t contain it all.
I love this simple, but powerful message. I struggle with receiving grace. I struggle with giving it to myself. I often have friends and family telling me to go easier on myself. Because I often don’t give grace to myself I forget to receive from God too.
If our understanding of grace is small, our confession will be small: reluctant, hesitant, hedged with excuses and qualifications, full of fear of punishment. But great grace creates an honest confession.
I have a lot of highlights throughout the book and I’m sure you will too once you start reading.
In the words of Max Lucado,
Grace is the voice that calls us to change and then gives us the power to pull it off. Let’s make certain grace gets you.
What do you do when you struggle with grace? Is there a particular Scripture you enjoy reading? Leave a comment below…