There is no one in the world more difficult to show grace to than myself.
I can make allowances for your weaknesses, cover your flaws, forgive your mistakes. I can believe the best in you and speak to the good God sees in you again and again and again. I can tell you to not be so hard on yourself, to give yourself space to learn and grow and fail and try again.
It’s hard to show that same grace to me. But I’m learning.
Today I took deep breaths in the hard moments. I made space for reading stories even when it was inconvenient. I left some chores undone. I adjusted the hours I could spend working and the hours I needed to spent on homeschool.
It wasn’t a perfect day. There were definitely some rough patches. But it was mostly peaceful, and I was mostly not overwhelmed. And that is progress.
Here’s to showing ourselves more grace tomorrow.
Just read this today and was encouraged. Love you, Adela. The Lord just knows what we need when we need it. Thanks