"There are very few people who realize what God would make of them if they abandoned themselves into his hands, and let themselves be formed by his grace. I ask for the grace to trust myself totally to God's love."
What does it mean for me to be "formed by God's grace"?
To be molded and shaped,
not by the pressures of daily life
or the expectations of others,
or by my own ideas and "shoulds"--
but to be molded and shaped by the grace of God--
the unmerited favor of God,
the outpouring of the love of God to me?
I'm pondering what kind of shaping is done by grace.
What kind of molding is done by love?
How can I abandon myself, today, into the hands of God?
For me it means taking some time out of this very busy season to absorb this truth. This requires discipline to put some of the so-called "urgent" tasks aside for the moment-- maybe to set my phone alarm to go off every couple of hours to remind myself:
Let me be formed by your grace right now, Lord God.
I trust myself, all that I am, totally to you.
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