Truth #7 from Lies Women Believe is that God's grace is sufficient for me. I will never face a circumstance that exceeds God's grace for me. 2 Corinthians 12:9 reassures us "My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness."
Grace is such a complex gift to understand. When you accept God's grace and grow in the knowledge of his grace, you continually learn how much more and more you need it. Thankfully God has plenty of grace to give! And it is sufficient to deal with anything from my past, anything I'm currently struggling with, and anything I may deal with in the future. At times when I've heard about people dealing with very difficult circumstances (death of a child or spouse, terminal illness, etc) I've thought that I wouldn't be able to handle something like that. But as someone explained to me once, God gives you the measure of grace you need when you need it. Right now I don't need the grace to deal with those situations because that's not what God is giving me to trust Him with. I need the grace He's giving me to live my daily life right now. And that's encouraging to me.
So I'll leave you with this prayer of 2 Thessalonians 2: 16-17 "May our Lord Jesus Christ himself and God our Father, who loved us and by his grace gave us eternal encouragement and good hope, encourage your hearts and strengthen you in every good deed and word."
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