Have A Little Grace

His grace is sufficient. It’s sufficient to cover all our sins, all our guilt, all our bad habits and all our bad thoughts. His grace is sufficient. In that final breath, He gave us grace that was beyond human understanding. A grace that covers us, from our eyes opening in the morning to closing at night and all the snoring in between. His grace IS sufficient.

So why don’t we always feel it?

God’s grace for us is sufficient, but that doesn’t mean that sometimes we need to allow ourselves to experience it. Give yourself a bit of grace.

For someone like me who is always on the go and striving to go above and beyond, when I don’t reach my target for the day – whether that be an essay word count, an extra km on my run or eating a takeaway when I really shouldn’t, or maybe even that habitual sin surfaces its ugly head, or the lack of forgiveness we forgot all about enters our mind – I find it hard to give myself grace. Or more likely experience the grace He has lavished upon me.

I had a friend in college who took ‘mental health days’. And honestly it was the most wholesome and healthy thing I ever heard of. Taking a day off seemed ludicrous to me. I was that student who went their whole school career in full attendance, taking a day off to recharge or ‘just for me’ sounded so strange, but I began to realise its full potential and significance.

Especially in this coronavirus lockdown we must allow ourselves to pause, take stock and take a day off. We are at risk of burn out, preventing it before it comes is key.

There are weeks where I was in the gym/pool/pitch for 15hours a week, doing a full week’s college, revising, socialising and going to all the church events… I loved it. Seriously I absolutely loved it. But when I took on too much and one thing fell to the floor, I would kick myself and spend the next month trying to make up for it.

There needs to be grace from me to me. To say, “man Erin you’re doing so well, take a day off”.

Perhaps today is the day to look introspectively, be proud of the person you see and say “yep, I deserve that cake slice, movie night and lie in”. Or “I’m human, I did wrong again but it was one moment, His grace is sufficient, I choose to forgive myself and move on”.

Whatever form your grace has to take today, experience the grace He lavishes on us and allow yourself to have some of your own.