covering brokenness with grace

I received a very very nice email from my friend Jim.  One of the things that he talked about in his note was about how he was broken, yet tried to show grace and love.  All of that was in the same sentence...

I got to thinking... we are indeed all broken, and sometimes it hurts.  Sometimes we don't know what to say about it or what to do.  Some of it is not fixable.

But... but... but...

There is something that we can do.  In the midst of our brokenness, we can show grace and love.  We can take the focus off of ourselves and extend grace and love to others.  When we do this, at least for a few moments, we forget about our brokenness and pain.  We can't think about two things at the same time can we? 

So, broken or not, lets show grace and love.  It may make us feel a little more whole.  And just think of how the recipient of our grace and love will feel.

It's a beautiful day in God's world be sure to see the good.
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Treasures of Ireland

July 13-22, 2020

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