Held Together By Grace

Yesterday was not a good day. I was tired, overwhlemed, and cried on the way to taco bell. I'm not joking, it really happened ya'll, I just lost it!

Anyway, yesterday I was so desperate for God just to come down here and rescue me! I did my daily Bible study at lunch hoping something in my heart and attitude would change. It helped a little bit but it didn't really *fix* anything. I struggled all day asking God to help me change my attitude and give me joy but I just kept feeling like I was falling apart little by little. Well that evening, I was going through my little notebook of sermon notes that I keep on sundays from the worship service. I came across one line that changed my perspective immediately! Pastor Gregg a couple of months ago was teaching on God's peace. All day I had been trying to hold myself together, I had been trying to *do* all these things to make myself feel better, but this one sentence I read changed all that. The one little sentence was "Our lives are held together by grace." Oh how sweet that one little sentence was! I immediately felt a sense of freedom and relief! Ya'll Jesus is the one who holds us together. We don't have to perform, or *do* a daily spriritual checklist to ensure that we have it all in order, it is His GRACE alone that is the glue of our lives.

Jesus' love for us is kind and everlasting. It never changes and is always present. If you ever find yourself struggling to hold it together, let go and remember that your life is held together by the precious grace of Jesus. God does not require us to fulfill a certain criteria or perform before he is willing to help us. It is never about us or what we do, but it is all about Him and what he does in us and through us! All He wants is for us to surrender our hearts and our lives and be moldable to his truth and his purpose so *HE* can live it out in us.

We are the beloved and beautiful creation of God. Let his grace hold you together today.

Blessings!

Whitney