I know in March I said I was ending this blog, but I didn't know a smooth way to direct you to a new website, so I'm back to blogging here! Our blog started off being about Andrew and I and our growing family, then it was about cancer, then grief. Now, I hope this blog will be about my life as a single mama to two amazing children. I hope also to share things here that might encourage and challenge you. Today I wanted to share this wonderful quotation from The Gospel Primer, by Milton Vincent:
"The Cross also exposes me before the eyes of other people, informing them of the depth of my depravity. If I wanted others to think highly of me, I would conceal the fact that a shameful slaughter of the perfect Son of God was required that I might be saved. But when I stand at the foot of the Cross and am seen by others under the light of that Cross, I am left uncomfortably exposed before their eyes. Indeed, the most humiliating gossip that could ever be whispered about me is blared from Golgotha's hill; and my self-righteous reputation is left in ruins in the wake of its revelations. With the worst facts about me thus exposed to the view of others, I find myself feeling that I truly have nothing left to hide.
"Thankfully, the more exposed I see that I am by the Cross, the more I find myself opening up to others about ongoing issues of sin in my life. (Why would anyone be shocked to hear of my struggles with past and present sin when the Cross already told them I am a desperately sinful person?) And the more open I am in confessing my sins to fellow-Christians, the more I enjoy the healing of the Lord in response to their grace-filled counsel and prayers. Experiencing richer levels of Christ's love in companionship with such saints, I give thanks for the gospel's role in forcing my hand toward self-disclosure and freedom that follows."
- The Gospel Primer: “Exposed by the Cross Part 2”.
Hi Grace. I remember seeing you and Andrew and the kids at GOC when you came to visit and share prayer requests. I remember that Andrew had trouble speaking because of the progression of the cancer, but the story of how God has been faithful in your lives came through loud and strong. I have been following your blog since then, but I have to admit that I just read your last March 23 post just today. It made me cry and cry, and I just want to say I love your honest words and am so encouraged to see how clearly God gives joy and grace and strength in the hardest of trials. Thank you for continuing to share and write, and I hope that your book project becomes a reality! I look forward to continue reading what God is teaching you as a parent on your blog. I hope that from what I read in March until now that God has given you time to rest and to enjoy time with your adorable kids.
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