2 Corinthians 12:9 "And he said to me, "My grace is sufficient for you.."

Pastor James spoke this week continuing with his series on trials.  This week the passage covered was from 2 Corinthians 12.  When he got to verse 9 he began talking about grace.  He said that they literal translation of that phrase God says to Paul is "Sufficient for you is the grace of Me."  That thought really stuck with me.  He talked about the typical definition given for grace as being "unmerited favor".  He says that is pretty accurate but its only part of it.  Without grace we can't do anything. Can't walk. Can't talk. Can't breathe. Can't think. Can't love. We essentially don't exist apart from God.  The illustration that stuck out to me was that Jesus doesn't just give us grace, but He IS grace.  He doesn't hand it out and walk away but He is it and He is there with you.  Does that make sense?  How does that change your view of grace?

Valentines Day...

Oh Valentines Day... what an interesting day?  Whats the point?

Geese

Here we are just into the second week of February with 60 degree weather.  I've started to notice all the geese flying back north already.  Is this normal?  What are they going to do if it drops again before spring really hits?  Just curious...

Let's give this a try...

Alright, a friend had an idea to set up something that we can communicate and have some accountability and discuss different things.  this is our idea... lets see how it works