Our new grandchild, Alexia Grace, was a week old yesterday. A beautiful baby girl, a gift from God to our son and his wife - a child who brought great joy and thanksgiving to my heart, whose birth caused me to praise my God and to worship Him with all that I am and all that I have. She is grandchild number four for us and how I thank God for His amazing grace and blessing upon our family.
As I sat this morning reading His word and talking to my Father, I came across the statement Paul makes in 2 Corinthians, the verse from which I have taken the title for our next seminar on 24 September - 'My grace is sufficient for you' - and I thanked Him that His power would be perfected in my weakness. He reminded me that I need not be afraid, that I could totally trust Him with my new beautiful granddaughter and that He would love her with His overwhelming love.
As I sat this morning reading His word and talking to my Father, I came across the statement Paul makes in 2 Corinthians, the verse from which I have taken the title for our next seminar on 24 September - 'My grace is sufficient for you' - and I thanked Him that His power would be perfected in my weakness. He reminded me that I need not be afraid, that I could totally trust Him with my new beautiful granddaughter and that He would love her with His overwhelming love.
I know that doesn't mean that there will be no difficult times in her life, that there might be trials and circumstances that she has to face, or that her parents will face, but I knew too that He will call to Alexia every day of her life, that He has put the knowledge of Himself inside of her so that as she grows and matures and reaches adulthood, she might answer Him and call out to Him for her salvation. I was reminded that God never stops calling, that it is His desire that no one should perish but all come to repentance; reminded that He has promised that those who come to Him will never be disappointed, that He will hold them, never forsake them and will bring them to an eternity full of glory and grace.
How wonderful to know that as I trust in Him, as I lean not on my own understanding, as I acknowledge Him, He will make my paths straight. I need not be afraid that I will not be enough, that I might not say the right thing or be the right thing - because He is the all sufficient, all knowing, unchanging Creator of the universe. He is almighty, all seeing God, the One who knows and who cares and who has a plan that is unfolding and will come to fruition in His perfect time.
And yet again I came to that place of peace, that place of calm and rest in Him and I thanked Him for His powerful grace that is always sufficient for our every need.
I will pray for my beautiful Alexia, I will ask the Lords' blessing upon her, that He might makes His face to shine upon her - that she will know deep inside that she is loved not only by her parents or her grandparents but by the One who is Love, the One who has given her life.
How wonderful to know that as I trust in Him, as I lean not on my own understanding, as I acknowledge Him, He will make my paths straight. I need not be afraid that I will not be enough, that I might not say the right thing or be the right thing - because He is the all sufficient, all knowing, unchanging Creator of the universe. He is almighty, all seeing God, the One who knows and who cares and who has a plan that is unfolding and will come to fruition in His perfect time.
And yet again I came to that place of peace, that place of calm and rest in Him and I thanked Him for His powerful grace that is always sufficient for our every need.
I will pray for my beautiful Alexia, I will ask the Lords' blessing upon her, that He might makes His face to shine upon her - that she will know deep inside that she is loved not only by her parents or her grandparents but by the One who is Love, the One who has given her life.
