i found grace

I get to be a bridesmaid in Bethany's wedding... I am so excited. I've never had a better friend, and I have never been so excited!

posted by Elizabeth @ 11:14:00 PM 0 comments

There is no such thing as earthly perfection.

I constantly tell myself to get over it, to quit trying. I will never be good enough, pretty enough, smart enough, rich enough or any of these things. I am not enough. I am not capable. Fortunately, I serve a good and gracious God, who knows I can't ever be enough. With Him, I don't have to be. He loves me just the way I am, but He loves too much to leave me this way. God is continually changing my heart. He is always revealing himself to me in new, profound ways. I beleive that he will continue the work he started in me until the day of completion- the day I go home .

I rest in the knowledge that I am loved competely, even though I am incomplete. I am confident in the Lord's perfect plan for my life. I am thrilled that because of Jesus, I will spent eternity with my Heavenly Father, who defines perfection. I can't take anything on this earth with me when I go. My job won't get me salvation, my car won't get me salvation, not even my friends. It is by Heavenly Blood I am saved. It is Christ who completes me. Let me not forget these truths. I choose to let go of my pursuit of perfection, and grasp hold of Grace, which is sufficient for me.

posted by Elizabeth @ 7:33:00 PM 0 comments

I feel like I could write for hours. It has been far too long since my fingers have slid along the keyboard, guided only by my heart.
My only problem is that I have no idea where to begin...

One of my best friends got engaged on Friday. I predicted that it would happen. I called it as usual. I was the first friend she called. I cried, and screamed. I am so excited for her! She is my heart, and she deserves this. I also shows me the goodness of God. He wants to bless us, and for us to be happy. But he wants us to be filled with His joy, and sustained with Him, first. I see that in this couple. They truly seek Him, and look what he has done. It makes every heartache she ever had worth it. I know someday I will be there too.

It seems like nothing else I write matters. The bottom line is everything belongs to the Lord. He is good and faithful, and he LOVES us. If I remember nothing else about this Valentines day, I want to remember this moment, when all I see is my Lord. In light of Savior, nothing else matters.

posted by Elizabeth @ 10:23:00 PM 0 comments

I have no profound thoughts. I have no intelligent revelations. I just have a heart full of sorrow. I am filled with pain and hurt. It is all I can do not to grab the first shoulder I find and weep until my body shrivels up like a prune. As horribly gross as that sounds, it is truly how I feel.

I sat at Celebration tonight and couldn't even sing. I just sat there, with my head in my hands. I remained still as the tears began to flow down my face- I didn't even wipe them away. I don't know why I am feeling like this. Well I do, but it seems so random, and I have no idea what even triggered it... Well I do, but I don't want to face it.

posted by Elizabeth @ 12:22:00 AM 0 comments