Every year BFA has a theme that is prayerfully chosen by the chaplain and his team. This year the theme has been Only Grace. Grace – it is a word that I have known and heard my whole
life. My name actually means graceful or full of grace. And yet the
older I get the more I realize that I have a long way to go in understanding
and more importantly living in His grace. Webster describes grace as “unmerited divine assistance given humans for their regeneration or
sanctification.” I have personally come
to know this grace through saving knowledge of Jesus. But how do I live day by day, moment by
moment in His grace? How do I let that grace continually flow from me to
others? These are questions that I have been pondering this year.
As 2012 began I found myself pleading with
Jesus for more of His grace in my life.
I want to choose to live from the fullness of His grace. The verse He led me to was John 1:16 – “And from
His fullness we have all received grace upon grace.” From the fullness of the triune God Himself I can be
filled and draw from His grace. And the
good news is that His grace never runs dry.
He gives grace for saying goodbye to my family one more time, grace for
the future, grace for the present, grace to receive hard news, grace to
celebrate someone else’s victories and joys, grace for the injustices of life, grace
for writing one more lesson plan, grace to be insignificant, etc. Grace for each moment of each day. What a gift!
One I only have to choose to receive, choose to live and choose to give.
My prayer for this year is that I would
live up to my name, Anna, one filled with grace, God’s grace. But more importantly that I would live up to
my calling as a daughter of the King and live a life not out of my own strength
or for my own glory but from His fullness and grace and for His glory!
