wrapped in grace.

"And God must be a pretty big fan of 'today', because you keep waking up to it. You have made known your request for a hundred different yesterdays, but the sun keeps rising on this thing that has never been known. Yesterday is dead and over. Wrapped in grace. Those days are grace. You are still alive, and today is the most interesting day. Today is the best place to live." --Jamie Tworkowski


"It makes me think about the value of a day. In the grand scheme one day seems very insignificant. But, when you add 365 of them together you get one year that could be responsible for so much change, growth, and wisdom. So maybe I should really focus on each day as it comes when I wake up in the morning. I should realize that the decisions I make every day either push me closer to Jesus or farther away from Him." --the great and wonderful Brandon Clements :)


First of all, Brandon is going to write a book one day and you gotta buy it. :)

Second, the theme of these quotes is what has been on my mind this week. Most mornings I wake up and am already looking forward to the day being over. What kind of attitude is that? And especially these days all I am thinking about is moving and all the newness coming along with that. I'm not taking the time to appreciate South Carolina. Appreciate the time I have left living in this house, working my job, talking to the people I see all the time. I get so excited about Nashville and it's really really hard for me to stop and realize I only have four weeks left living here. And I know in my heart I may not be back. Tonight my parents told me to make a list of things I want to do before I move. I thought that was precious. We have four weeks to make as many memories as we can before I leave. I even surprise myself daily....because a couple weeks before I move one of my best friends in the entire world is flying from Arizona to visit a few of us here in SC. And most days I forget! What? I have got to stop constantly thinking about moving and take the time to appreciate right now. These moments, these days, these people. Because I will get to TN and regret it. I will.

That's only part of what I think about. The other part is what Brandon said. The decisions we make everyday either bring us closer to Jesus or further from Him. Let's be honest, how often do we stop to think every decision we make affects our walk with God? Rarely for most people, myself included. Somedays I don't consider that fact at all and I get close to screwing things up. This past week my church put up a sign that says "Christianity isn't a cruise ship, it's a battleship." Yeah, corny, but true, isn't it? Even if you aren't battling other people, you are at least battling yourself everyday. Why do some people not care if they get their quiet time done in the morning but kick themselves for missing the morning news? Our nature is flawed and we've gotten so used to it now. Why is it when the only time we ask God to "rock our worlds" is when we're going on mission trips or big church events? Why can't we ask that everyday? I don't know, someone correct me if I'm wrong about all this. I just know that personally, I'm taking like every single day for granted. And I'm fighting myself everyday, and most days my flawed human nature wins. I hate it.

But thank God we are wrapped in grace, like Jamie said. I would be seriously messed up without it.