Grace Through The Grey

Healing is a mystery. I don't know what this image evokes in you, but it stirs so much up in me. Often times we have the fantasy that January is going to swoop in and make everything better with all its sparkles and cheering, resolutions and newness.

Yet, when all of the celebration wears off and February 1 rolls around, we realize that not much has changed-we are still the same person, with the same heart, and the same mind-with the same need for true healing.

This is precisely why I adore and cling tightly to grace.

Grace holds us through the grey.

Much like the photo above, life can feel like we are out there floating alone in oceans of confusion, hurt, relational wounding, abandonment, and loss. New Year's Day creates the illusion that all of those heavy feelings will just disappear in the matter of one night! Grace gives us the reality that our hearts are steadily, consistently held, day after day, even when we don't feel it.

Give yourself grace, dear ones. Our knee jerk is to harshly blame ourselves or give into the lie that nothing will change. Allow grace to soothe your heart with tenderness, to soften the hardened cracks. Grace helps us breathe, helps us to slow down and enjoy the swim.