I Guess Thats What Grace Does.... Surprises The Crap Out Of Us!

 I want you to meet someone

She is one of a kind... that is for sure

She is full (and I mean Full) of Creative ideas
She rarely (ha ha... okay, never) follows through on any of them

She is Passionate
The ups and downs of her emotions and moods resemble a heart monitor screen

She has been called Beautiful, even Stylish by others
Inwardly, she still views herself as the boyish looking, awkward teenager, with the baggy Value Village clothes, orange dollar store foundation,  and Caterpillar brows

She tries her darnedest to live a life Healthy and Strong
But that damn mirror never stops reminding her about the part that isn't quite good enough

She's the girl who got married and seriously, seriously thought that she would now be Romanced and Swept off her feet, everyday for the rest of her life.....
It took 8 years for her to realize that Love is a two way street

She has a Heart to be a Woman that young girls can look to as an example of a Godly Role Model
She fears that the thorn(s) in her flesh and the cracks (or massive creators) in her clay pot may keep her on the sidelines of her dreams

She longs to be a part of a congregation of women, who Love, Dance, Roar, and Dispel Darkness
But could she ever belong?

She has wanted to be a Mother since she was old enough to walk and boss people around.
Ironically enough, the cards that life dealt her, left her 13, looking for her lost mother, and without a stinkin clue

She was born to do something Crazy and Adventurous.  Break the Rules
She's scared of failing, and doing it all wrong

She wants to Stand Up and Live Differently
Annnndddd she wants to just blend in and be accepted by people

She wants to Breathe Freedom, Liberty and Life
And she does, until her day goes sideways and that bag of chocolate in her pantry stash offers her a little lovin

She has Something To Say
She may be wrong, so she'll just listen

She wants a Career, to Sing, Make Music, Act, Paint, do something in Fashion and Design, Decorate, Create, Write A Book (or 5)

Where in the World does she start... It all seems too big for her
Plus, she's not smart (Thats what they aways said, anyway)

She thinks her husband is the Most Amazing, Kind Hearted, Gifted, Respectable Man she has ever met.
She opens her mouth and the criticism gushes like a bucket of nasty slough water

She wants to be a Really Good Wife and Friend, and Daughter, and Example of Christ
She doesn't have enough hands to uphold all the people around her
She is not the least bit constant or stable  (Ha ha... not even a little bit!)

She Dreams of Peaceful Streams
She frantically treads water in pounding waves

She Imagines Wide Open Spaces of Fields and Wild Flowers
She stays in the back yard where its safe, picking Dandilions

She Apires to be a Princess.  Kind, Gracious, Altogether Lovely,  The Sweetly Captivating Beauty at the Ball, Losing Herself in The Dance of Magical Spins and Miralce Gowns
More often she resembles a Jealous, Complainy Step Sister, talking about the stupid girl who stole the show

She detests her Weaknesses, but they Propel Her to Her Father's Arms, day after day after day...... Someday, She'll Just Stay There

It would be Easier to Give Up.... Most days, actually
But, What if Today is the Day that "Life As She Knows It" Changes Forever.......!?!?!

She Forgets Who She Is on a regular basis, finds herself A Little Lost in a bad part of town
She's Remembering Alot Quicker these days, Can See the Lights of Home, and Hear her Dad Calling her Name

She was Rescued as a young girl

Adopted into a life that, for the most part, seems to good to be real

She has been Respired with Hope

Chosen to be Loved and Adored

Given Power

Forgiven and Aquitted of the past, present and future

Promised Faithfulness

She will never again be abandoned

or left to her own devices

She has been Saved From Herself

Showered with Gifts and Blessing

Filled With Purpose

She is Believed In

And Planted in a Love Far Greater, More Capable, Wiser, and Stronger than her

I've known this girl for a very long time.... You may know her too, or someone like her. 
It seems like everytime I go to box her in, judge her or define her... She surprises me, moves and changes, leaving me baffled once again.
She is a Woman Covered in Grace
And I guess that is what Grace does
It changes us, moves us and surprises the crap out of us
Leaves us baffled and wondering How in the world could we have possibly done things differently than we have always done?
Grace leaves us knowing, really really deep down, that it was definately none of ourselves that moved us to this new place
But Something, Someone working with us and through us, carrying us day in and day out

Watch out..... We may not even recognize her soon

XOXOXO