If you watch children closely, you will see grace all over them. There is freedom to play (playing is their job you know), real-life proof that even in labor, lightness and joy is possible.
They have a willingness to be weak, a longing for comfort, an excitement for learning, and best of all, a deeply rooted inclination to live in this present moment.
Grace is constantly pulling us into The Great Right Now, encouraging us to cease worry over the future, to release regret over the past.
Grace whispers, This is the day. These children know the secret of now . . .
. . . and I long to learn it from them.
I want to encourage you to find an image that says grace to you and come back to share it with us tomorrow. I will have image links set up, just like we do for Tuesdays Unwrapped. No need to write a long post. Think in pictures this time. It can be anything that whispers freedom, lightness, acceptance, love, truth — grace. Later this week, you will have another opportunity to link up to a more in depth post, but for now, I want to see those images. I can’t wait for tomorrow!
an image that speaks grace… oooh… beautiful idea.
And your girls? They look like you both. They are beautiful too.
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Freedom, lightness, joy, present-ness, a longing for comfort…kids are amazing. Sometimes I wonder why God didn’t put them in charge of us. : )
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LOOOOOOOOOOOOOVE these photos.
Love the Grace idea! I just wrote on grace today too. We give ourselves such a hard time and we all need some grace. Thanks for another great post!
I think this is one of my favorite collections of photos from one of your posts. So so great.
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One lesson learned about grace can be overwhelming….how about 31 days of lessons on grace….speechless! God is so good!
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Emily, you’re certainly right.. children seem to have a knack for being present, light, fun, and forgetting about the past and future…
Why is it do u think us adults can’t have that mentality? Is it because we have more responsibilities as we get older? More cynical b/c of past disappointment? More conscious of our mortality?
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