One day when I was in my 40’s, I woke up with the realization that I was “wishing” my life away. I was looking at events coming up as obstacles, just more hurdles that needed to be jumped until I could “arrive” at a more comfortable place. So on and on my days went as I wore myself out running and jumping over countless road blocks of varying heights, always looking forward to a time when I would have a smooth and easy path — until one eye-opening day when I realized it would never come. I needed a new perspective — a heavenly perspective!
I had been enjoying a song that talked about “Places where Grace is soon to be so Amazing,” and I decided to start making a PGA list in my journal. I began jotting down events, projects or relationships that I was secretly dreading. Instead of looking at them as mountains, I started looking for ways that the Lord could show His grace to me. I viewed them as another place where He could show Himself strong in the midst of my limitations and weaknesses, where I could see my stumbling blocks turn into stepping stones.
I wish I could say that I have learned my lesson and that I always enjoy soaring above my problems in the clear blue sky of His grace. But slowly the chains that once held me down are dropping off and I am beginning to see His amazing grace.