What is God's grace?

God's grace is absolutely amazing. The best way to describe God's grace is as His unmerited favor or pardon. The favor is unmerited, because you see, there is absolutely nothing we can do on our own to deserve God's favor; we can never be good enough, or do enough good deeds to deserve our salvation. We are human, weak and fallible, unable to save ourselves.

"For everyone has sinned; we all fall short of God's glorious standard." Romans 3:23

"For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life through Christ Jesus our Lord." Romans 6:23

God showed us His unmerited favor, or grace, by sending His only son, Jesus Christ, to die for us on Calvary's cruel cross. God's grace does for us what we can not do for ourselves.

"But God showed his great love for us by sending Christ to die for us while we were still sinners." Romans 5:8

When we accept the gift of salvation, the blood of Christ covers our sins and cleanses our unrighteousness.

"If you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved." Romans 10:9

Are you Saved? If you aren't sure, take a step in Faith today...

Admit that you are a sinner and repent... then invite Jesus Christ into your life.

Our assurance is in God's Word

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"For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved." Romans 10:13

Now that's Love! Amen!

Our heavenly Father loves us so much and when I think of how we take that faithful, unconditional love for granted every day, I am reminded that we are so unworthy. When I think of what He did for us and the sacrifice that was made so that we would be saved, something deep inside of me wants to be more for Christ and do more for Christ. Yet, the flesh and the world around me work together, keeping me preoccupied with things that really don't matter, keeping me sluggish and afraid of reaching out to this dying world. Life has a way of getting so busy, too busy and we have a way of making excuses, too many excuses.

This all brings me to the reason why I started this blog. Why start a blog? The last few weeks I have been doing what I do every day, which is taking care of my family. Something I enjoy doing more than my family realizes. I choose being a stay-at-home mom, over raking in big bucks at some large company, any day. I want to raise my kids, I don't want them in daycare or taking care of themselves after school. I understand some families are forced to do so, but as long as I can help it, no matter the sacrifice, I believe my children need their mother around. So back to why I started this blog...well I have always enjoyed writing; ever since I was a little girl. Ever since I can remember, I wanted to be a writer. (Not that I thought I did it well, it was just an overwhelming desire that I had and something that I really enjoyed doing) I also have the desire to minister to others and feel that I communicate better when I write my thoughts down. There is just so much more freedom in written words, especially for someone who is a little insecure, such as myself.

So the last couple of weeks the desire to write once more has been surfacing a little each day. Then I began asking myself, "what would I write?" Back in another season of my life, (previous to my days at NorthRidge Church) I enjoyed writing love stories with a bit of mystery & suspense. I could crank out the chapters too. One option was breaking out the old novels (I actually wrote 2 complete novels and started a third) rewrite them and try getting them published again) The option I choose was to write, but write for Christ. I can't think of anything better to do with my spare time. Along with satisfying the desire for a creative outlet, I can write and share my thoughts and feelings throughout my spiritual journey.

I hope you have enjoyed reading my blog.

God Bless You ALL.

***Warning, I said I enjoyed writing, not that I was any good at it***