Grace Alone

Am feeling pretty overwhelmed lately cos our family's moving into a whole new season with a whole new set of challenges. Apart from hubby's job change and the start of his part-time studies, we are also facing some changes on the family front :)

Worries, fears, anxieties about the uncertain future have been overwhelming me. Sometimes, I feel so tired and stressed and thoughts of wanting to just run away from life fill my mind (when I say run away, I mean go do what I like by myself, sleep, run away from responsibilities etc.). Primarily, I am worried that I would not be able to cope. But I am reminded by this verse that's pasted on my wardrobe,

2 Cor 12: 9 -10

⁹But he said to me, "My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness." Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ's power may rest on me. ¹⁰That is why, for Christ's sake, I delight in weaknesses, in insults, in hardships, in persecutions, in difficulties. For when I am weak, then I am strong.

And this song which I came across while choosing the worship set for this sunday ministered to my overwhelmed heart too... guess it's going to be my theme song for quite a while.

GRACE ALONE

Verse 1

Every promise we can make, every prayer and step of faith

Every diff’rence we will make is only by His grace

Every mountain we will climb, every ray of hope we shine

Every blessing left behind is only by His grace

Reff:

Grace alone which God supplies

Strength unknown He will provide

Christ in us, our Cornerstone

We will go forth in grace alone

Verse 2

Every soul we long to reach, every heart we hope to teach

Every where we share His peace is only by His grace

Every loving word we say, every tear we wipe away

Every sorrow turned to praise is only by His grace