a Diamond ??? Some days we are really challenged. Where do we find our diamond ??? Today is one of those days for me. There is so many things on my mind - none of them positive. It is on days like today that I really need to focus. I need to use the tools God gave me to search. The Bible is one of those tools. Music, silence and fresh air, they all can help you. You need to meditate in God's presence. I know He is calling me. 

Today someone said something interesting. They said that we need to know that when we are doing well, we need to remember that it is not something we made happen ourselves. We can't be blessed threw our own doing. We need to realise that God has given us grace. He is the one blessing us with whatever it is we receive. We also need to realise, that it is wrong to do good deeds if we are doing it with the expectation to receive something back in return. You can't "buy" God's grace threw good deeds. You've already received it the moment He died on the cross for our sins.

Maybe my diamond for the day is GRACE...

Grace, the one thing no one can take away from us. The one thing God has given us that can set us free. If you realise how extraordinary this gift is you received, then you can live. You can live each day knowing that you've already received it and there is nothing that you need to do to keep on receiving it. It is a given - God's grace is forever, unconditionally. In every circumstance He will bless you even if you don't see the blessing immediately.

I've been mining today to see the blessing in some of my own circumstances. I really had to mine deep, but my children are healthy and safe, my husband is here with me (not overseas trying to earn a income for us), we all had a lovely meal with pudding, we have a nice car, I was able to take an afternoon nap and with any luck it will rain soon. Isn't that enough ??? Isn't that what's important in life. And all of this things I received threw the grace of God. Not one of this things I could make happen myself.

So what if people you trust disappoint you ?? So what if everything you try to make life better for other people are just thrown back into your face ?? So what if you've been hurt so many times that sometimes you feel like the pain is eating away parts of your heart ?? So what if your future is unsure threw your eyes ?? So what if you feel like you've been such a fool ?? So what ????

We need to be quiet. We need to silence those voices in our head. We need to forgive and forget. We need to let God do His work in people's lives. Sometimes it is just not our place.

Let us pray today. Let us be thankful for the diamonds that we do have. Let us thank the Lord for His GRACE. For it is threw His grace alone that we are here today. That we are able to go on every day.

Let us be quiet and listen to God's voice alone. He will silence all the other voices in your head and He will take your pain away. Let us all wait with great expectations on His blessings.

He is the one carrying us. We are His children.

Thank you for your GRACE ....