Friday, February 12, 2016

Your Grace is Sufficient (song series)

It is a season.  How I have heard that and repeated it in my heart and mind.  A season that I don’t necessarily want over, but one that is more about my kids than my own personal endeavors…with more to do than what I could possibly even attempt.  I am right where God wants me to be at this very moment and I am grateful.  I have a house full of love and joy… and poopy diapers, messes, and tantrums…but mostly laughter and smiles and squishy hugs and “I love you’s”.  There are fleeting moments of inspiration to write or create…though filled with background “music” of milk spilling, hundreds of Legos hitting the floor and a crying baby fighting sleep in the other room.  I have been mastering multitasking and millions of interruptions. It is a season.


I catch myself feeling that I am not doing enough. Bible studies, PTA, small groups, house projects, and play dates aren’t getting my attention and I have to take a step back, and with a deep breath, give myself grace.  It is ok. It is ok not to be involved with everything.  It is just a season. It is ok. God will meet me where I am. His grace is sufficient.

But He said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly of my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may rest upon me. 
2 Corinthians 12:9


I have been waiting for the day to return to writing and recording again.  I guess when my third child was thrown into the mix, my extracurricular activities got second fiddle…or third… or actually it didn’t even make the orchestra and is sitting busted back behind the stage. Though I have had small miniscule opportunities to contribute to my creativity, I mostly use my energy to be a wife and mommy.  So here’s to the day I will eventually get an uninterrupted night sleep, away from the seemingly carefully planned interludes of children crying or parading in my bedroom at all hours of the night. His grace is sufficient for that too…although mine may not be.  As I said, I wouldn’t want this moment passed; I will somehow miss it when it is gone…but right now… I do miss me a bit.  I miss my time to throw into myself and my music. It is a season.
Your Grace is sufficient
Becki J Buescher
           
If joy comes in the morning
Should I go back to bed
can I push the reset button
or run away instead

The days I run on empty
Overwhelmed or just afraid
That all my imperfections are proudly on display

Calling out for some reprieve
God I need your grace to cover me

Your Grace is sufficient
In my weakness may You shine through
For You know my heart and what I need  
And Your grace is sufficient for me

When it seems I’m good at failing
With more costs beyond my means
And if I hear another whiny voice
I may have to scream

Today I need reminding please
God, that your grace, will cover me

When the world turns upside down
And my mind is spinning round and round
If my body fails and all strength is gone
and I just cannot go on

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Grace, Grace, God’s grace
Grace that will pardon and cleanse within
Grace, grace God’s grace
Grace that is greater than all our sin
“Grace Greater than all our sin”
Words: Julia H. Johnston Music: Daniel B. Towner


1 comment:

  1. Awesome! I'm in the same season! Thanks for sharing. It helps to know that you "aren't the only one". :-)

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