Say won't you Say

Laughter is the Best Medicine

Today was definitely a brand new day. I completely rejoiced in today in almost everyway. I read this morning in a study of Romans that I am currently doing, about Radical Grace. There was a verse in there that I've heard so many times before but it really gripped my heart. It was Romans 5: 20 " But where sin increased, Grace increased all the more." I don't really know why, but that verse took on a whole new meaning for me today. It brought some things to the surface that I have been trying to deal with for the past few months in my own way, and now I see that I don't have to deal with it at all, the dealing has been done and had absoluetly nothing to do with me. This verse also showed me not to be so hard on myself. Knowing that it is a guarantee that we are going to sin, screw up, and struggle with the same things over and over again seems much easier to handle knowing that each time the Lord isn't saying "Stupid girl you did it again!", but instead, He is simply waiting with open arms to extend even MORE grace to us each time we fall into the same sin! How amazing is that!

Anyway, I just felt the Lord slowly restoring my soul today in each encounter; from the brisk cool wind blowing into my face, to the 5 shades of blue sunset that I felt as though I was literally walking into as I walked to my car this evening, to the almost thirty minute chuckle I had this afternoon, although it was at someone else's expense, that unceasing laughter was way over due! It just seemed that I felt blessed by every moment today, and then I realized that I am constantly being blessed day after day, its just that today I chose to acknowledge these things as blessings. Although I have been feeling sick, and not getting enough sleep, and I am in for a crazy weekend coming up, I've never felt so blessed. I am hopeful for more days of choosing to live in the blessings and grace and not feeling so caught up in the other.

posted by Amanda Michelle Morrison @ 12:33 AM