Grace, Grace, Gods Grace, Grace That Is Greater Than All Our Sin

I feel overjoyed with God's grace. We met last night for homegroup and went off for 30 minutes by ourselves. We made a list of things that give us the desire to grow closer to God and things that hinder us from growing closer to Him. It was really beneficial and I recommend it to anyone reading this. It made me realize all of my sins (sooo many) but it also made me see how God uses different things to draw me closer to Him. Here is my list:

Draws me closer to Him:

• Reading my Bible and praying gives me the desire to read and pray even more because it makes me realize how little I know and how much more I want to know.
• Sinning actually gives me a desire to know Him more and yearn for Him more because it reminds me of how far away from Him I am.
• The idea that I will have children one day makes me want to memorize the entire Bible so that I can be a good and Godly example to my children
• The girls in my home group make me want to know Him more because I want to have wisdom and Godly advice if they ever ask for it or need it
• John makes me want to grow closer to the Lord because I want to be the Proverbs 31 wife.

Hinders me from Him:

• TV!!!!!! I watch way too much. It takes up sooo much of my time
• Internet: Why do I go to people.com every day? I don’t even know these people and yet I can spend hours reading about them
• Selfishness: When I am tired and I need to read my Bible, I choose to go to sleep instead…
• Anger: So we discovered at home group last night that a lot of us girls are angry people. I get angry about the dumbest stuff sometimes, and that is something that I really need to work on. (Road Rage)
• This one is different: I have always wanted to be that girl that gets up early and spends an entire hour in the Word. I think that I am actually scared to try that because I think deep down I know I will not make it through the entire hour so I don’t even try.

So that’s all. It really put a lot in perspective for me and helped me realize things that I need to change up in my life. It also helped me learn more about my friends and how I can help them stay accountable and how they can help me. The biggest thing that stood out to me last night was God’s Grace, Grace that is greater than all my sin.