Above all ~

"Above all, love each other deeply, because love covers over a multitude of sins."

1 Peter 4:8

O God, help me do this personally, help me demonstrate it genuinely, help this be how our immediate family lives and allow this love to penetrate every heart of our extended family.

Allow us to be difference makers ~ it seems like an impossible task ~

BUT YOU ARE MY GOD & I TRUST IN YOU ALONE!

After I read this in 1 Peter this morning, the first thing to play on the IPod was "I Choose Grace" by Twila Paris ~ coincidence? I don't think so. This is my prayer today. The enemy will not win ~ I choose grace!

I Choose Grace ~ Twila Paris

All alone in my own self will

Old familiar story

So determined to try until I fail

You’ve been waiting as I learn again

Straining to the pressure

And you offer me a better way

Hear me pray

Hear me say

I choose grace,

I choose mercy

I choose love and all it means

I choose grace, cause I need the power

And I need to walk in humility
Just how often have I let You down

And all the hope around me

Break a gentle heart along with mine

You keep holding out Your arms again

Just the way you found me

And you carry me across another line

Hear me cry

No more pride

I choose grace,
I choose mercy
I choose love and all it means
I choose grace, cause I need the power

And I need to walk in humility

I am growing weary of this foolish independence

I reach out for grace and I will reach out to extend it

I will reach out

I will reach out

I will reach out

I choose grace,
I choose mercy
I choose love and all it means
I choose grace, cause I need the power

And I need to walk in humility

Teach me to walk in humility