What's a Grace Glutton?

Welcome to the newest incarnation of my blog. In all honesty, I'd just about given up on blogging. It seems the pressure to perform was always getting to me. I wanted to have a place to jot down some thoughts, but then if anybody in cyberspace can read it, well then, it had better be good. Well, that was simply to much strain. This time will be different. No pressure...no requirements...no worries.

I want to have a place where I can tell my friends what's going on in my heart and mind. I want them to know what I feel like God is saying to me either through other people (books, sermons, conversations) or simply in my heart and mind. I want to be challenged; I want to be questioned. I really want to be asleep right now...it is after all 3 am.

So I guess I should probably start with an explanation of the name of this blog. What is a Grace Glutton? Well, dictionary.com says that a glutton is a person that eats or drinks excessively or voraciously. I definitely fall into that category much more often than I would like to admit. Still, it's the second definition that more closely fits what I meant in the title. It says that a glutton is a person with a remarkably great desire or capacity for something...in my case that something is grace. I find that the more I understand grace, the more I desire it; and not just for me, but for those around me as well. It's like having the best meal you can imagine and gorging yourself on it. Come on; you know what I mean. You just keep eating and you can't seem to get enough. Yet it's not enough to have it all to yourself...you have to share it with someone. I do this all the time at restaurants. I get something that's mind-blowing, and even though there's a part of me that wants to just horde it all for myself, I just can't stand to be the only one enjoying it. I always end up trying to get Amy to taste it as well. I'm a little more adventurous than she is when it comes food, so often it takes a little convincing for her to try it. But I just love it when she bites into it and her eyes get wide and I know she's feeling the same way about it that I am. It makes the dish even more enjoyable once she's enjoyed it too.

God's grace has become my new favorite dish! I've always heard about it. I've even spent my whole life in the kitchen with it and occasionally taking a big whiff of it's aroma. But only recently have I allowed myself to dig in. The truth is God had whipped up a heaping plate full and set it before me and I had only taken a taste of the sauce...just kind of moved it around on the plate like a 6 year old trying to convince my mother that I really had eaten some of my Brussels sprouts. Then when I finally got a good taste, I realized I have got to take in as much of this as possible and share it with everyone that I can.

I know I'm going a little metaphor crazy tonight. But anyway, you get the idea. I'm discovering the joy of walking in God's grace and resting in who He is and who I am in Him. Like any good walk, it's better when others are walking with you. So I'll be sharing grace with you on this blog and where ever I get the chance. If you like, you can show me grace as well...I'll take all I can get.