Growing in Grace and Truth

This Spring and early summer I walked through one of the most difficult and beautiful things ever - watching my mom quickly decline in health and then pass away.  It was emotionally and physically exhausting.  At the same time, it was spiritually refreshing as I watched God work in amazing ways.  It is an experience I hope never to repeat yet I am so grateful that I was able to see God in action. During our lifetime, most of us will either walk with others as they experience something similar or we will walk through it ourselves.   I was grateful for any information or help given to us during that time.  While in the midst of this tough time, I jotted down a few things that I thought would be helpful to others.  I use the example of someone in hospice as that was my experience.  There are other situations that will apply to this as well.   I hope these ideas will help you down the road when you need it. Things to remember or ways to help ...

Well, here we go.... again. Several years back I used this blog site as a way to keep in touch with others. I have decided to use it now as a way to write as God leads. I pray that God will challenge and change my heart to be more like Him every day. As a result, I hope He will give me challenges to share with others. I believe deeply that God gave us one another and that we are to spur one another on to seek God deeper and to challenge one another to be more like Christ in our personal life and in our families. We are a bunch of imperfect people following a perfect Savior. The more we learn from one another, the more successful we will be in this life. The more we learn about Christ, the brighter we will shine in this world. I named the blog "Growing in Grace and Truth" because I think that is what we should always be doing - growing in God's grace and truth. I am SO grateful (as are others that are close to me, ha) that I am not the person I was ten years ago...