Post by Sharon on Apr 7, 2016 20:46:46 GMT -5
From Sacred influence
"The pressure is off me", she told them. "Don't get me wrong; it's not that I'm not pursuing holiness. It's just that I know that my Father will get me where He wants me to be and that even my failures serve, in some way, to glorify Him. My relationship with God is growing to be all about His grace, His mercy, His power."
Then Elyse's friend "astounded" her by responding. "That must be such a blessing for your husband, Elyse. To be walking in that kind of grace must enable you to be so patient and so grace-filled with Phil. To know that God is working in him just as He's working in you must make your marriage so sweet and your husband so pleased. It must he great for him to know that the pressure is off for him too."
The reason this friend "astounded" Elyse is because Elyse rarely made the connection her friend made. "I scarcely ever extended Phil the grace I enjoyed with the Lord. Instead, I was frequently more like the man in Jesus' parable, who, after he was forgiven a great debt, went out and beat his fellow slave because he owed him some paltry sum."
It takes great spiritual maturity to love mercy, to offer grace, to give someone the same spiritual benefits we ourselves have received from our heavenly Father. Get in touch with how much God has done for you - how he has seen every wicked act you've ever committed; heard every syllable of gossip; noticed every malicious, ugly, and hateful thought - and still, he loves you. Even more, he adores you. And he's forgiven you.
Now comes the hard part: will you give your husband what God has given you?
"The pressure is off me", she told them. "Don't get me wrong; it's not that I'm not pursuing holiness. It's just that I know that my Father will get me where He wants me to be and that even my failures serve, in some way, to glorify Him. My relationship with God is growing to be all about His grace, His mercy, His power."
Then Elyse's friend "astounded" her by responding. "That must be such a blessing for your husband, Elyse. To be walking in that kind of grace must enable you to be so patient and so grace-filled with Phil. To know that God is working in him just as He's working in you must make your marriage so sweet and your husband so pleased. It must he great for him to know that the pressure is off for him too."
The reason this friend "astounded" Elyse is because Elyse rarely made the connection her friend made. "I scarcely ever extended Phil the grace I enjoyed with the Lord. Instead, I was frequently more like the man in Jesus' parable, who, after he was forgiven a great debt, went out and beat his fellow slave because he owed him some paltry sum."
It takes great spiritual maturity to love mercy, to offer grace, to give someone the same spiritual benefits we ourselves have received from our heavenly Father. Get in touch with how much God has done for you - how he has seen every wicked act you've ever committed; heard every syllable of gossip; noticed every malicious, ugly, and hateful thought - and still, he loves you. Even more, he adores you. And he's forgiven you.
Now comes the hard part: will you give your husband what God has given you?
