Giving Generous Grace: Where Should We Draw the Line?
God has been teaching me that I don’t get to pick and choose who deserves grace. Of course, I want lots of grace for myself—desperately. But when it comes to someone else’s failure, I often catch myself keeping score instead of extending mercy. That double standard doesn’t come from my born again soul or my […]
Finding Peace When Forgiveness is Hard
I recently was struggling to forgive someone who was bent on hurting me. The more I thought about the situation, the more my peace slipped away and was replaced by anxiety. I was losing this remarkable promise of God: “You will keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on You.” (Isaiah 26:3) I […]