Kathiey's World

I read a book several years ago called "Small Island" by Andrea Levy."  There is a quote that I came across in the reading that touched me. "He looked so pained that I dreamed of taking his hands and making him dance." Her statement is directed toward someone not particularly nice; he is a harsh, self-centered person.  But her compassion for his pain made her want to help him, not only to help him but to bring him joy, to make him dance.  Wow, that is an amazingly powerful act of kindness — an example of God's love. "By you my sorrow is turned into dancing,  you have taken away my clothing of grief and given me robes of joy"  Psalm 30:11 Thank You God! KathieyV  

" Each time he said,  “My grace is all you need. My power works best in weakness.”  So now I am glad to boast about my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ can work through me." 2 Corinthians 12:9 NLT "God wants His grace to be completed in your weakness. You never really experience the grace unless you see the need for it—and even that realization comes by grace. The power of Jesus' grace is not fully seen until weakness is fully acknowledged. The moment you are overwhelmed with your absolute helplessness is the moment you are ready to hear Jesus say,  I’m all the grace you need." Quote above by Walk in the Word with James  MacDonald ********** Weakness, that is what many of us feel when faced with an unwanted separation and divorce — the vulnerability found in the hurt, the betrayal, the fear, and the confusion.  The weakness when faced with the unknown, the lies, the future.  I was, as James MacDonald puts it, "overwhel...