That’s what it was, a plastic make-up bag filled with things
like nail polish, lipstick, fragrance, nail files even, but what made it so
wonderful is that my husband thought it up all on his own. He
took the time to pick out the colors, the fragrances, each item so foreign to anything
he would normally shop for and from an area of the store he would never visit. It was one of those Christmas gifts from my
husband I have never forgotten…just because it was all his idea.
The idea is the same; God graces us because He loves us, and
the way He loves us is better than anything we could imagine. And like that wonderful Christmas gift so many years,
God’s grace gifts are absolutely personalized…He thought about you and me and
designed exactly what He knew would be the best gifts for us.
This morning one of my grace gifts was this passage. Honestly, I have been struggling with
contentment, with the desire to do something meaningful. Then God graced me in two ways: this passage
and a call from my older daughter reminding me that words have influence – even
when they are lined into cyberspace.
I sit here happy.
Yup, happy! Content! You should see this silly grin! God reached down through all the pages I
consume every day and messaged me: what
He gives us far better than anything I could find. And through encouraging words from
my grown-up child and encouraging words spoken through His words.
I have to thank Eugene Peterson for his work making the Word
of God even more accessible. A couple of
years ago I heard Eugene Peterson speak and address the young pastors-to-be in
the audience: Get your languages he said.
Peterson translated from the original languages when he worked on the Message, putting God’s
thoughts into contemporary language…so I thank God for allowing me to go to the
Festival of Faith and Writing where I heard Peterson and where my fear of the
Message was defused, just one more grace gift this morning.
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