Call It Grace

Today's Unglued Blog

"For we are God's workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do." Ephesians 2:10

 

Am I ready to see myself as God's workmanship and do the work I've been called to do? You bet your bottom dollar I am! So what now?

 

Call it

 

Lysa suggest doing three things as you untangle the root of what is making me feel the way I feel (and I'll go throught these with my previously mentioned label: I am a horrible mother.):

 

1. Idenfity the label as a lie meant to tear me down.

The reality: I parent differently than others mother/parent.

The lie: My differences in parenting mean I am a horrible mother.

The truth: Parenting differently [I don't do TOO many odd things, remember, Kayla was pointing out differences] does not make me a horrible mother. It makes me a child of God who parents differently than other people....parenting the way I should parent Kayla & Jamie.

 

Grace. I can see it. I can feel it. I can call it grace.

 

2. Chose to view this circumstance as a call to action, not a call to beat myself up mentally.

Parenting differently means I need to make sure I am relying on God [and being intentional with sharing how I am with the girls] to help me to raise Christ-seeking, well-behaved little girls who become who God designed them to become.

 

Grace. I can see it. I can feel it. I can call it grace.

 

3. Use the momentum of tackling one label to help me tackle more.

Taking action & tearing down this one label in my life has given me the courage to tackle other labels. Courage & strength can come just from getting started. So now it is time for me to start with other labels I let imprison me & allow God to chisel away.

 

Grace. I will see it. I will feel it. I will call it grace.

 

 

Would you like to know how I can tell this has actually happened to me instead of me just rewriting words from an inspirational woman? I have faith. I have prayed to God for help with this....of course after Kayla was begging me (almost in tears) to stop labeling myself out loud. And now I'm like a friend Lysa describes in the book (this woman had actually gone to prison...want more detials on her, read the book). I am going to put into my words what she said & apply it to my situation of being imprisoned by this label: I know I have truly changed because of God's grace because 1) I have stopped labeling myself as a horrible mother; and 2) I am so hungry for God's Word, & God is really using me to pray & share His Word. In place of any fear of being judged/critized by others for sharing is a strength, peace, & hope for the future (that my girls will grow up to be Christ-seeking, well-behaved young women who have become who God designed them to become).

 

I see God's workmanship in this hard chiseling of my experience. I pray to let God chisel me in everyway He wants because I know it will be beautiful....afterall, like a bracelet I saw yesterday: I am a child of God; I'm kind of a big deal.

 

For those of you who don't know, for me to be able to say that & truly believe it is a MAJOR step...you see I've struggled with self-esteem & self-confidence issues my whole life. But that's another label I am working on with God.

 

I have other labels I struggle with & struggle through, but I'm ready to unglue them too. In that sense, I rather like the thought of being an unglued woman.

 

So...are you ready to unglue your labels? Are you ready to give them to God & feel his amazing grace? Do it....trust me, you'll be glad you did!