An inauguration of grace

Ann Voskamp wonders today

Why does a woman marry a man expecting he’ll change — and why does a man marry a woman expecting she’ll never change?

More from Ann:

You don’t get to make up most of your story. You get to make peace with it. You don’t get to demand your life, like a given. You get to accept your life, like a gift.

Beginnings and middles, they are only yours to embrace, to unwrap like a gift.

But you get the endings. You always get the endings.

You get the endings and you get to make them a gift back to the Giver.

Service isn’t about being a doormat but about being a door for joy to walk through.

http://www.aholyexperience.com/2013/01/5-things-you-need-to-know-before-you-begin-your-2nd-term-of-life/