Pat,
I really like that, because that's one thing God is teaching me. I tend to
expect perfection of otehrs and especially myself. That produces a lot of
unnecessary stress. Bod has been helping me cut others and myself a little
more slack.
JulieMelton
visit me at
www.heart-and-music.com
Keep smiling!
>From: Pat Ferguson <[log in to unmask]>
>To: <[log in to unmask]>
>Subject: Fwd: November 2, 2005 - Grace Card...? Priceless - Daily
>Devotional
>Date: Wed, 02 Nov 2005 09:09:24 -0600
>
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>>Hi Loving Ones, I wanted to share this with you all because I really like
>>this one. I know for a fact this has been true in our lives.
>
>See below my name.
>
>Love and Blessings,
>Pat Ferguson
>
>>November 02, 2005
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>>Grace Card…? Priceless.
>>by John Fischer
>>
>>One of my coworkers here at Purpose Driven Ministries slipped up and
>>forgot to do something he promised me he would do. It was important to me
>>because I wanted to make a change, and he was my last backup. But by the
>>time I got to him about it, the issue had diffused somewhat and there was
>>even reason to believe that the end result might have been better without
>>the change I wanted. (It was one of those times you wonder if God meant
>>for him to forget. It is true that sometimes God’s will incorporates our
>>failures.) My friend apologized profusely and I told him not to give it
>>another thought, that I was starting to even have second thoughts about
>>the change I asked him to carry out. To which he replied, “Well, thanks
>>for using your Grace Card on me today.”
>>
>>Grace Card. I like that. I had never heard that before. He had never said
>>that before. We laughed, and then I thanked him for my next devotional
>>idea! (Now we have two positive things that came out of one failure. Two
>>for one… that’s not bad!)
>>
>>Any relationship is going to require a Grace Card. That’s because we are
>>destined to fail each other over and over again. We will fail because we
>>are fallible, and we will fail without even trying, because one’s
>>expectations are too high for the other to meet.
>>
>>One of Christ’s disciples once asked Him how many times he should forgive
>>his brother, “Seven times?” he suggested. That probably seemed like a lot
>>to him. “Try seventy times seven,” Jesus replied (Matthew 18:22 The
>>Message).
>>
>>Now I don’t think Jesus meant by this that we were to literally count up
>>all the times we have forgiven someone and as soon as we get to 491, say
>>“Okay, that’s it. I’m not forgiving you anymore!” I think what He meant
>>was: if you’re going to put a number on it, make sure it’s too big to keep
>>track of.
>>
>>Or better yet, how about a credit card with an unlimited account? An
>>account Jesus opened on the cross? An account we can draw on as much as we
>>need, for ourselves, and for those who offend us, or sin against us, or
>>disappoint us, or let us down? You’ve already got one if you’ve been to
>>the cross. Why not activate it today?
>>
>>Grace Card. No relationship is possible without one. Don’t leave home
>>without it. (Don’t go home without it, either. That’s probably where we
>>need it the most!)
>>
>>[]
>>
>>John Fischer is the Senior Writer for Purpose Driven Life Daily
>>Devotionals. He resides in Southern California with his wife, Marti and
>>son, Chandler. They also have two adult children, Christopher and Anne.
>>John is a published author and popular speaker.
>>
>>[]
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