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February #jammed: Dunked in Grace Day 46: Grace cannot be outgrown. “So those who accepted his message were baptized, and that day about three thousand people were added.” Acts 2:41 My youngest daughter has never been able to make an “R” sound. It makes everything sound cuter than it should. Even the annoying meltdowns are a […]
February #jammed: Dunked in Grace Day 44: The Warm Blanket of Grace. “Now when all the people were baptized, Jesus also was baptized. And while he was praying, the heavens opened.” Luke 3:21 “Mom!!!!!” The shrieks that came from upstairs were panicked. “What’s the matter?” I was out of breath from skipping stairs as I […]
February #jammed: Dunked in Grace Day 43: Grace is Stable. “Yes. I am coming soon. To which we say, “Amen. Come, Lord Jesus.” Revelation 22:20 Anymore, it’s nerve-wracking to witness a low-flying plane. “Why so low?” “Is everything ok?” “I wonder where it’s going…” And the memories flood back of the lives changed forever and the […]
February #jammed: Dunked in Grace Day 42: Clear Vision Requires Graceful Sight. “I ritually cleanse you through baptism as a mark of turning your life around. But someone is coming after me, someone whose sandals I am not fit to carry, someone who is more powerful than I. He will wash you not in water but in fire and […]
February #jammed: Dunked in Grace Day 40: Grace is more predictable than we think. “There is one body and one Spirit, just as you were called to one hope when you were called; one Lord,one faith, one baptism; one God and Father of all, who is over all and through all and in all.” Ephesians 4:4-6 Squeezed through rows of squishy […]
February #jammed: Dunked in Grace Day 39: Grace is expectedly unexpected. “Not that I have already obtained all this, or have already arrived at my goal, but I press on to take hold of that for which Christ Jesus took hold of me. Brothers and sisters, I do not consider myself yet to have taken hold of it. […]
February #jammed: Dunked in Grace Day 38: Grace Breaks from Normal. “So come on, let’s leave the preschool fingerpainting exercises on Christ and get on with the grand work of art.” Hebrews 6:1-3 (MSG) 60 degrees felt like a hot summer day compared to the -2 degree forecast at home. My girls chased seagulls and […]
February #jammed: Dunked in Grace Day 37: Family is Family as Grace is Grace. “This is the blood of the covenant God has established with you.” Hebrews 9:18-22 (MSG) Blood related or not, there’s no denying the feeling that some people feel like God-intended family. “Just as we do not get to choose our biological brothers […]
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