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DO YOU KNOW GRACE?
DO YOU KNOW GRACE?
I have known ladies in my life named Grace, and many of us chill when we hear the old hymn “Amazing Grace”, but these are not the graces I’m thinking about.
What really got me thinking about grace was a poem/prose called “Footprints” that I heard what I needed to. For those who are not familiar, go to http://www.footprints-inthe-sand.com/index.php?page=Poem/Poem.php, and see if it rings a bell for you.
For so many years I felt I walked alone. So many people around me, but inside that feeling of loneliness was there. It was unshakeable. While many things in my life were going well, at least to the eyes of others, the feelings inside of me did not match the outside. The “God” I’d learned about in church and through others certainly was not consciously there for me. I was feeling abandoned.
I hit a low point in my life. As low as I was meant to go. I was not happy and suffered from extended periods of depression. My world literally was shrinking, both in terms of relationships with others and in particular, the relationship I had with myself. More and more the feeling of being alone was growing. I was becoming irritable, restless and discontent on a more frequent basis. I was losing “things” and had lost myself. Where was this God thing?
On the outside, I was functioning. From a work standpoint, things were OK. From a material standpoint, things were fine. That being said, I wanted more in my life, I wanted a Big Life that was much happier. Deep inside I sensed there was a bigger life that was there for me.
And then GRACE came to me! Grace is truly a gift available to all if we can accept it!
Through Grace, I started a journey to recover a life that I wanted. The journey, as I know today, is a process that is ongoing, it will never end. I wanted to create a better life, and I could not do it alone. It had to be co-created, created by more than me. Grace helped create the trip.
The process truly is co-creative.
First, through understanding Footprints, I gained a new insight into what had really happened. I had chosen to walk alone, and in reality that I was alive and well, had not lost everything, and had a glimmer of hope helped me realize I had been “carried”. This was the start of a miracle.
I worked hard to learn about this power “greater than me” that had done the lifting. Today I understand it as a “Universal Truth” that is within each of us, and has been with all living things since day one. Grace helped me realize this. Grace is given freely.
Grace also led me to you, to a rehab centre, to coaches for certain things, to mentors and fellowships for others, and to a “safe” place to allow initial healing. Grace allowed a journey, and the foundation to date of the journey is that is never taken alone, and Grace keeps giving me the strength to reach out and get help when I need it. Grace also gives me the ability to recognize help when it comes; often not help that I consciously was aware that I was seeking. Truly amazing Grace; Grace gives me inner vision.
Today I am truly blessed. When I allow Grace to work in my life, I’m not lonely. The Universal Truth is always there when I reach inside, search it out, and accept its truth. I am recovering a life I want, it is being created as a process, never alone, but always co-creatively. Doing it alone did not work for me! I am truly thankful that I was carried, and now with two sets of footprints once again in the sand, I can get and accept the help I need to reach dreams. I know I reach these dreams through goal setting, being held accountable and ACTION! Grace allowed me to learn that! Grace taught me there had to be a healthy “I” before I could become a real part of a "we".
I can honestly say I know Grace, and appreciate the impact Grace has had on my life. I am glad to understand what really happened when two sets of footprints became one, and love the thought that there are once again at least two sets of footprints on the beach that is my life, and I am now experiencing more of the “Big Life” I knew was meant for me. A life those years ago I never thought I would live.
A simple question. Do you know Grace?
If this blog makes sense to you, possibly a visit to www.hopeserenity.ca and a search through it, taking an active role, and deciding to co-create may help. Get to appreciate Grace. You have it, now learn to accept the gift and live with it as an anchor in your life!
I have known ladies in my life named Grace, and many of us chill when we hear the old hymn “Amazing Grace”, but these are not the graces I’m thinking about.
What really got me thinking about grace was a poem/prose called “Footprints” that I heard what I needed to. For those who are not familiar, go to http://www.footprints-inthe-sand.com/index.php?page=Poem/Poem.php, and see if it rings a bell for you.
For so many years I felt I walked alone. So many people around me, but inside that feeling of loneliness was there. It was unshakeable. While many things in my life were going well, at least to the eyes of others, the feelings inside of me did not match the outside. The “God” I’d learned about in church and through others certainly was not consciously there for me. I was feeling abandoned.
I hit a low point in my life. As low as I was meant to go. I was not happy and suffered from extended periods of depression. My world literally was shrinking, both in terms of relationships with others and in particular, the relationship I had with myself. More and more the feeling of being alone was growing. I was becoming irritable, restless and discontent on a more frequent basis. I was losing “things” and had lost myself. Where was this God thing?
On the outside, I was functioning. From a work standpoint, things were OK. From a material standpoint, things were fine. That being said, I wanted more in my life, I wanted a Big Life that was much happier. Deep inside I sensed there was a bigger life that was there for me.
And then GRACE came to me! Grace is truly a gift available to all if we can accept it!
Through Grace, I started a journey to recover a life that I wanted. The journey, as I know today, is a process that is ongoing, it will never end. I wanted to create a better life, and I could not do it alone. It had to be co-created, created by more than me. Grace helped create the trip.
The process truly is co-creative.
First, through understanding Footprints, I gained a new insight into what had really happened. I had chosen to walk alone, and in reality that I was alive and well, had not lost everything, and had a glimmer of hope helped me realize I had been “carried”. This was the start of a miracle.
I worked hard to learn about this power “greater than me” that had done the lifting. Today I understand it as a “Universal Truth” that is within each of us, and has been with all living things since day one. Grace helped me realize this. Grace is given freely.
Grace also led me to you, to a rehab centre, to coaches for certain things, to mentors and fellowships for others, and to a “safe” place to allow initial healing. Grace allowed a journey, and the foundation to date of the journey is that is never taken alone, and Grace keeps giving me the strength to reach out and get help when I need it. Grace also gives me the ability to recognize help when it comes; often not help that I consciously was aware that I was seeking. Truly amazing Grace; Grace gives me inner vision.
Today I am truly blessed. When I allow Grace to work in my life, I’m not lonely. The Universal Truth is always there when I reach inside, search it out, and accept its truth. I am recovering a life I want, it is being created as a process, never alone, but always co-creatively. Doing it alone did not work for me! I am truly thankful that I was carried, and now with two sets of footprints once again in the sand, I can get and accept the help I need to reach dreams. I know I reach these dreams through goal setting, being held accountable and ACTION! Grace allowed me to learn that! Grace taught me there had to be a healthy “I” before I could become a real part of a "we".
I can honestly say I know Grace, and appreciate the impact Grace has had on my life. I am glad to understand what really happened when two sets of footprints became one, and love the thought that there are once again at least two sets of footprints on the beach that is my life, and I am now experiencing more of the “Big Life” I knew was meant for me. A life those years ago I never thought I would live.
A simple question. Do you know Grace?
If this blog makes sense to you, possibly a visit to www.hopeserenity.ca and a search through it, taking an active role, and deciding to co-create may help. Get to appreciate Grace. You have it, now learn to accept the gift and live with it as an anchor in your life!
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