• Home
  • Who We Are
  • Downloads
  • Services
  • Photos
  • Lauryn's Thoughts
  • Mike's Stories
  • Contact Us
  • Grit & Grace
  • Eric's World
  • Collaborators
  • Art Art Art
  • YOU Fit Center
  • Essential Beliefs
Autism in My Eyes

Grit & Grace

Treasure

6/5/2018

4 Comments

 
Hidden treasure … always what my soul is searching for.   In order to find the most amazing parts of life, what matters most is what I see.   Anyone who knows me well can testify that my favorite afternoon is spent thrifting - poking around the Salvation Army, slowly filling the rickety cart with pieces to fill my world.  The trick is to look.  The sentence is simple, but the practice takes time.   
Holding this heavy pendant in my palm, it just felt right.  The balance was sensory as well as philosophical.  Grit & Grace: the two elements of allure, as I see it.  Plunk!  This gem is going in the basket today.  Later as I hung it on the iron  hook, I knew it would become an amulet of reminder.
I see so much treasure in the faces all around me.  In my eyes, all the pieces fit.  How can I voice strong in a culture that leans toward cost benefit analysis and conformity?  It’ll take grit, Lisa.  Speak the treasure that you see.  How can I be the calm that keeps the pieces all in place? It’ll take grace, Lisa.  Take a deep breath. 
Picture
4 Comments
Wanda
6/6/2018 06:07:20 am

It's 4am and I can't sleep. I am immediately directed to your post written at one am. This is grace We endure life's encumbrances each day yet are greeted with grit and grace through both the raging and calmness of the storm. I wrote a short poem years ago that I recite every morning. I feel I was guided to share it here :

I address each new day
as I kneel down and pray
"Lord help me with today's life challenge"
I've met many before
I don't need anymore
Yet know one is on its way.
Whether large or small
Let me stand -not fall ,as the close of the day appears .
Let my soul be content in the challenge that was sent
For your love and grace help guide the way.

Reply
Lisa
6/6/2018 08:38:14 am

So heartfelt, Wanda. 💜 Thank you for sharing. Grace is new every morning.

Reply
Carol
6/8/2018 06:39:26 pm

"The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases
His mercies never come to an end
They are new every morning
New every morning
Great is Thy faithfulness, O Lord
Great is Thy faithfulness."

Rose Crawford link
9/22/2021 10:16:48 pm

Great rread thanks

Reply



Leave a Reply.

    Lisa

    Life needs both grit and grace.

    Archives

    June 2018

    Categories

    All

    RSS Feed

Proudly powered by Weebly
  • Home
  • Who We Are
  • Downloads
  • Services
  • Photos
  • Lauryn's Thoughts
  • Mike's Stories
  • Contact Us
  • Grit & Grace
  • Eric's World
  • Collaborators
  • Art Art Art
  • YOU Fit Center
  • Essential Beliefs