The LORD merely spoke, and the heavens were created.  He breathed the word, and all the stars were born.  He assigned the sea its boundaries and locked the oceans in vast reservoirs.  Psalm 33:6, 7 NLT

Sometimes you have to ask, why the Lord tells us these things.  He spoke, he breathed, he assigned and in these words all things were created.  I believe it is so that we can know the power, the life and grace of his words.   You see the grace that is found in Jesus the Christ is given to create a new life in us. Living in grace lets us know the Lord who spoke, breathed and assigned is in the details of where we are just as he was in the details of creation.  Grace does much more than save us for heaven, it sets our emotions and mind free from the condemnation of our own sin to experience the love of God in the minutiae of our journey.  Today enjoy living right smack dab in the middle of his grace.  You can relax in his presence if you are willing to receive his grace in Jesus Christ and then you will know the whisper of his voice and the joy of his salvation that calls you son or daughter.  A smile in the depth of your soul is very natural in grace.  Enjoy!

How precious are your thoughts about me, O God.  They cannot be numbered!  I can't even count them; they outnumber the grains of sand!  And when I wake up, you are still with me.  Psalm 139:17, 18 NLT

What a great way to start a new day, the moment we wake up! How precious are your thoughts about me, O God.  How relaxing it is to know God’s love in a personal way.  Your precious thoughts about me cannot be numbered!  His grace in Jesus Christ gives us the joy to experience his love which brings about a new nature in us.  Here gratefulness is alive in our emotions and thoughts, which become actions and words of encouragement to those around us. How precious are your thoughts about me, O God. I can’t even count them; they outnumber the grains of sand!   This is what a heart of grace feels like.  Today may this Scripture not just be some kind of statement, but a true experience of who you are.  If that is the case, this day along with those that will come, will be overwhelmed with life, goodness and grace. When I wake up, you are still with me.  Enjoy!

Have mercy on me, O God, because of your unfailing love.  Because of your great compassion, blot out the stain of my sins.  Wash me clean from my guilt. purify me from my sin.  Psalm 51:1, 2 NLT

Here in these words we have a man or woman who has become exhausted from all the choices he or she has made and there results. Have mercy on me, O God, because of your unfailing love.  Most men and women usually do not think of God according to his unfailing love.  Here is what His grace can do for all of us. because of your unfailing love, because of your great compassion, blot out the stain of my sins.   Grace is his unfailing love given through Jesus Christ that accomplishes this forever.  Here we experience, compassion, kindness, peace and a life that is absolutely breath taking.  Today are you willing to experience great compassion that removes all the shame of your sins and the feeling of guilt, embarrassment and regret? Does this verse sound like the desire of your heart?  When God’s grace penetrates your heart like this, your nature is changed. May words like delight, rejoice, praise, thanksgiving and encouragement be words used by everyone you know, to describe you. That is living overwhelmed by his grace. Enjoy!

A gentle answer deflects anger, but harsh words make tempers flare.

Proverbs 15:1 NLT

Think of what relationships are and meant to actually be. Think what could happen to all the relationships that have been broken if this grace could begin. If our words and actions are gentle  just imagine the results. A gentle answer deflects anger. Think of how many fights, quarrels and divorces that would not have happened if words and actions of grace had been heard and seen.  Imagine how many relationships could start to be healed if someone who is acquainted with God’s grace begins to talk and act in gentleness.  God’s grace is his power in the human soul to become a new creation, to live in the life that is called eternal.  Today may you choose to live your life in the emotions and words of his grace. It is a freedom that is given in the grace of Jesus the Christ!  A gentle answer deflects anger, but harsh words make tempers flare. It is your choice, grace brings a gentle answer, and your sin nature brings a harsh words. What nature would you desire to speak through you today?  There will be no regret or sorrow because of your words of kindness, gentleness, compassion and grace.  Enjoy!