dailydatewithgod

God is. There is nothing greater than the gift of love.  It surpasses all understanding and there are barely any words to describe the process of grace that allows us to live in this fullest experience of love made manifest.  My experience of grace came to me in a way I least expected it.  It was the moment after years of strife and adopting an attitude of forgiveness towards my father in which I realized I could truly love him.  I realized that despite what had happened when I was younger I was no longer afraid of him and no longer angry with him.  It was a space that I never imagined possible in my heart.  I still have my own challenges as someone on the recovery from incest but my steps in wholeness are no longer tied to my father.  I am free and he is free.  He has his own process and I have mine.  As I write about it here, I fear that the words I am using are not adequate to describe the gift of grace that has crossed my path.  Yet it is a constant reminder that somehow our greatest struggles are the catalyst for our greatest experience of triumph, freedom, love and grace.  I need to be reminded of that as I continue to invite God into the recovery and remembrance of my wholeness of all of me including my sexuality.

My prayer for us today is the willingness to step into our struggle and ask God to use it to show us the experience of grace and profound love.

If God can create an experience of grace in the midst of chaos and destruction, how might God be able to show you the gift of grace that your chaos is to you today?  Share in the comments.