My grace place!

It was a holy walk.  My new grace walk.  God's grace, I see it in another unexpected way.

I enjoy taking walks by the lake.  It's beside the still waters, I experience grace.  I begin to pray as I bury my feet on the sandy beach.   As I watch

the water gleam along the shore, it smiles in shades of blue.  My soul thrives again.  As the blue skies above me swirl like a painted canvas, so the water reflects and shines back it's majesty.  And I wonder at this masterpiece of Gods.

 I hear Him whisper into my heart, "let my streams of living water flow through you." This becomes my holy ground.  I tread on a sacred path.  A walk by the lake, my grace place.  My new mantra.  He leads me besides still waters and restores my soul.


My heart opens into those hidden places and I allow God to move in and disturb my thoughts.  I need new perspective.  But I don't always want to change, my stubborn heart says not today. I've been there before.  A paralyzed mindset will propel me down a wasted path.

He says let me water those seeds of faith that I've planted.  Let me have your open heart.  I complain that I don't see his footprints and I question His silence.  In that quiet moment my memory is triggered of a pastor's prayer "let us hear the soft sounds of sandaled feet". As those words echo in my holy place, I'm changed.   I remind God that I am enough for Him.  Then He reminds me that He's enough for me..  

 I realize my offerings are small.  But He joyfully takes my humble gifts and multiplies them.  I remember that He fed 5,000 with a little boys lunch of 5 loaves and 2 fish.  Have I ever offered God my lunch?  I am in awe of His power and grace.  

What is your grace place?  Where do you experience His presence?  

John 7:38

Anyone who believes in me may come and drink! For the Scriptures declare, ‘Rivers of living water will flow from within him. 

Isaiah 32:2

Each one will be like a shelter from the wind and a refuge from the storm, like streams of water in the desert and the shadow of a great rock in a parched land.

    

Psalm 66:6

He turned the sea into dry land, they passed through the waters on foot— Come, let us rejoice in him.

Psalm 77:19

Your path led through the sea, your way through the mighty waters, though your footprints were not seen.

Psalm 23:2

He makes me lie down in green pastures, he leads me beside quiet waters, he restores my soul. 

Psalm 29:3

The voice of the Lord is over the waters; the God of glory thunders, the Lord thunders over the mighty waters.