my first thought when sitting down to write this blog was to proclaim that i am having a really good nail week, but i thought that might sound shallow... instead let's talk about grace.
one of my favorite authors said " Sometimes grace works like water wings when you feel you are sinking" i love that visual. i love swimming. i love floating in the water. sometime i forgot that could float without a floaty. i forget that i could float without trying. i am good at trying. i am a self sufficient woman & possibly too independent for my own good. i forget that i could put on the gift of water wings. water wings that are always waiting for me. sitting on the edge of the pool waiting to embrace my arms & make my swim that much more enjoyable.
she also said " I wish grace & healing were more abracadabra kinds of things; also that delicate silver bells would ring to announce grace's arrival. But no, it's clog & slog & scootch, on the floor, in silence, in the dark" grace & mercy go hand in hand. grace mercifully teaches my heart & loves it into beauty & light. i'll take grace anyway it comes because although "she" is humble enough to not announce her arrival, her arrival is always more beautiful & comforting than the most delicate silver bells swaying in a window at christmas.
later in her book "Grace Eventually" she says, "Joy is the best makeup. Joy, and good lighting...a little lipstick is a close runner up"
