Grace in Real Life

GiRL……the older I get, the more emotional I get at commercials. Some of them make me cry…a lot of them make me cry, but there is one in particular lately that makes me smile BIG! I’m sure you’ve seen it, it is an Amazon commercial with 3 ‘little old ladies’ who are best friends sitting on a bench watching kids sledding down a hill in the snow. One of the ladies wants to do something for her two friends and buys cushions off of Amazon for them to put in their sleds so they can go sledding down the hill too! Watching those friends sled down that hill and holler and giggle like they were young kids having the time of their life makes my heart smile! I hope I can be as carefree when I’m older as those women appeared to be.

I have a bad tendency to let fear run my life. For example, my kids have asked me to come skate with them when I’ve taken them roller skating and my heart WANTS to do it, but my brain starts listing every reason it would be a bad idea! Embarassment, broken bones, being laughed at are a few thoughts that run through my head. Fear usually wins and I tell them I can’t….I’m too old! I WANT to be with my friends/family when I’m in my eighties sledding in the snow laughing all the way down. Actually, I’d love to do it now…to be able to put aside my fears and just LIVE LIFE!! God tells us in Deuteronomy 31:6,

Be strong and courageous. Do not fear…for it is the Lord your God who goes with you. He will not leave you or forsake you.

One of my favorite songs by Zach Williams is called ‘Fear is a Liar’. I listen to this song when I get down on myself and feel like I’m not good enough or I’m afraid to try something new or different. It reminds me of God’s truth…. God loves me just as I am and that fear IS a liar and will steal my happiness if I let it. It reminds me to choose better for myself because I deserve it and I have a heavenly Father who loves me as I am. Now….who wants to meet and go sledding????