HUMBLED by HER

August 2, 2022

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HUMBLED by HER

It’s not that I was taking advantage of her, but mainly I just didn’t care to see her or appreciate her. And it’s not that I didn’t know her well, but more-so of how I just didn’t understand her fully. I neglected her presence in my life and her desire to hug me and snug me. I believed she wanted me because of what I was about, what I had, and how I moved.  Besides, I thought I was the one who put the work in and excelled to each athletic and academic level. I didn’t need her! I was a fool. But prison made me see her and isolation made me heed her. Tragedy made me feel her and now triumph is her feel.  Falsely, I thought I knew her. Truthfully, I now understand her."Knowing" and "understanding" are siblings, but if you think it is good enough to only know, you will have overstood wisdom, and hated your sibling. Knowledge rarely penetrates the heart, making the mind a handicap to only knowing, unless it is applied.  I may know medical terms and describe surgical procedures, but that doesn’t mean I understand how they are applied, nor can I effectively perform such professional precisions.I realize now more than ever how she only wanted the best for me, yet I thought what I wanted was best for me. She continually whispered to me, “We can make things better by the way we move together”; but I cowardly waited for things to get better before I would move in harmony with her. She, however, relentlessly covered my downfalls and consistently moved in spite of my pitfalls. I know I don’t deserve her. But now I understand her character.“Dear Grace, forgive me for dissing Your name and the very essence of Your beauty. I fully understand now that I am what I am because of You and all of Your effort toward me was not in vain. It’s been by You and only You, my precious Grace, that I have been saved through faith. I know I do not deserve You. But Grace, I now understand you and recognize you, that I may always appreciate you. I will disgrace You no more, that I may cause no more pain."

And just when I think she has given me too much, she gives more of Her gracious self to cover my sinful self. "But He gives more grace. Therefore He says: “God resists the proud, but gives grace to the humble” (James 4:6). I am humbled by Her. 

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