Okay so the amount of grace God has afforded me for just being me is overwhelming… It slays me every time I consider it. I just hit my face and then ask for the grace to receive the healing that comes with it.

I remember that day in our Group Leaders meeting when you were talking about this very subject…

I had a revelation moment that I needed desperately. That revelation was: If I forgive someone out of the overflow of God’s grace in my life – IE: God’s grace is not there for us to take advantage of it – then they cannot take advantage of my forgiving them and then receive a license to hurt me more.

I believe your exact question to me at that moment was: “So, this means you are not going to live in co-dependent relationship anymore?” YES!

What you didn’t know was a few weeks before I had learned a very hurtful fact about my relationship with someone I loved very much. That fact threatened our relationship at every level. I prayed that night, “Lord, You are going to have to forgive…. because I just can’t right now. But, I am asking You to work Your forgiveness out in me in the process.”

The relationship survived and though it is still at times difficult – forgiveness and healing are happening along the way! Thanks for this message – we need it desperately!

I’m also grateful for how God uses his Word to infuse grace. Where would I (and my family) be without the power God gives me from Psalm 40? I don’t even want to imagine.

Thank you, God, for giving me the grace (power) I need to be who you want me to be and do the things you want me to do.