Wednesday, April 03, 2013

Having trouble getting it all "right?"

Ann Voskamp writes today about getting it all "right." Sorry, folks, I just can't do it. So what am I to do? Ann has some thoughts at A Holy Experience:

Parenting’s this way of bending over in humility to help the scraped child up because we know it takes a lifetime to learn how to walk with Him.

The person who lives in communion with Christ is a celebrant. A celebrant is the one keeping company with Jesus.

A celebrant is one who celebrates the extravagant grace of Christ.

A celebrant is the one keeping her eyes on Jesus and His perfect sacrifice — precisely because she isn’t perfect.

The sinners and the sick, the broken, the discouraged, the wounded and burdened — we are the ones who get to celebrate grace!

The Art of Celebrating Life isn’t about getting it right — but about receiving Grace.

Read more here: http://www.aholyexperience.com/2013/04/how-to-live-through-the-messy/

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