Two Lessons

This week I learned...

1. To seek affirmation not in how people respond to what I say/do but in whether or not I am speaking the truth with grace and living in a way that points to something bigger than myself

2. A call to repent is not simply a call to come to the cross for forgiveness but a call to come to the cross and lay down everything again, to take on the call of following God wherever He leads. A call to repent sometimes means a willingness to wrestle before you receive peace. To come to the cross for anything else is a cheap view of grace.

Lord, teach me to receive whatever you give, to release whatever you take away...