An Oasis of Grace and Joy

           Have you had your Joy Juice today?  A delightful variation to the recipe is when the ingredient of “grace” is added.

            A home should be a place of refuge and rest, yet many times we allow it to be a place of strife and dissention.  Often it’s because we forget to extend grace to our family members.

           

            According to Richard Blackaby, “Grace is an undeserved gift.  It uplifts the soul.  It builds up.  If there is one place we should be generous with grace, it is within our home.  The home is where people first experience love.  God’s grace can make the home an oasis of peace and joy. 

            In his book Putting a Face on Grace, Mr. Blackaby explains:

·        Grace doesn’t insist on being right.  It seeks to make things right.

·        Grace doesn’t demand to be heard.  It strives to listen and to understand.

·        Grace doesn’t claim its rights.  It voluntarily lays them aside.

·        Grace doesn’t look for wrongs. It seeks out what is right. 

·        Grace builds up your spouse, strengthens your marriage, encourages your children, and helps you all to become like Christ.

Let’s remember the Lord’s words in 2 Corinthians 12:9 when he said, "My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness."

           Invite Jesus into your heart and home and get ready to find the JOY of the Lord in every room!!!!!