This is my first time participating in Five Minute Friday with Lisa Jo. I have always enjoyed watching her posts go across the internet via many bloggers. Today I decided to be one of them. I enjoy writing about a topic that someone just throws at me! So here we go!
Graceful….
When I think of that word, what I picture is an ice skater; moving ever so beautifully seemingly gliding across the ice perfectly.
Yet, I know that I am called to be graceful….in my actions….in my words….and even in my thoughts.
I know I have far to go. I am nowhere near “competing” with my picture of “gracefulness”.
I talk to much. At times I speak unkindly. Other times I don’t act as I should.
Gracefulness must be attained; it must be desired and worked for. It doesn’t just happen.
Grace is what God reaches down and gives us. Grace for the moments when we aren’t graceful. <—- Tweet Me, If you Like Me
I know God has given me a lot of grace in my days, I must learn to give it to others just have I have been given.
Then I will become beautifully graceful like the picture I have in my mind.
Graceful…..oh that I would be!
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Rosilind
September 13, 2012 at 1:59 pm (UTC -4) Link to this comment
Wonderful post!!! I love this topic too…and I, too, fall so short of what imagine gracefulness to be. Like you, I talk too much, usually end up saying something I’m sorry for later (and then spend the next week depriving myself of grace while I beat myself into the ground for it….). I sometimes lack grace for others, forgetting how often God extended me grace when I didn’t deserve it at all. What a great lesson for us to learn. Thank you for writing and sharing this! <3 you, sis!
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simplyhelpinghim
September 14, 2012 at 6:06 am (UTC -4) Link to this comment
Yes, it is so easy to beat ourselves up for our lack of grace. Grace is something we need, and we need to give! Thanks for stoppin by girly
Love ya!
Kari
September 9, 2012 at 6:35 am (UTC -4) Link to this comment
Grace is everything, without it…. I don’t want to even think about it. His grace is everywhere, may He open our eyes to see it more and more.
simplyhelpinghim
September 9, 2012 at 6:29 pm (UTC -4) Link to this comment
I know right? The thought of no grace is….just unthinkable….Blessings!
kelliwoodford
September 8, 2012 at 11:17 pm (UTC -4) Link to this comment
Ah, the lessons of grace never stop, do they?
None of them achieved by trying, only by trusting. Not by running, but by resting.
Bless you on your quest to let Him shine through all your cracks, friend.
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simplyhelpinghim
September 9, 2012 at 6:28 pm (UTC -4) Link to this comment
Yes, so very true. Trusting, resting…..not easy things for me to do. Thank you for stoppin by! Blessings!
Mary Beth
September 7, 2012 at 4:02 pm (UTC -4) Link to this comment
Yay! I’m so glad you joined us! Isn’t it just amazing that God grants us the grace we need. So thankful I don’t have to do it all on my own.
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simplyhelpinghim
September 7, 2012 at 4:05 pm (UTC -4) Link to this comment
Amen!
I am so thankful that He does! It is by His grace alone!
Angela Mackey
September 7, 2012 at 1:00 pm (UTC -4) Link to this comment
Love the idea that God gives us all the grace we need, but we must choose to live that grace out. Loved your first five minute Friday post.
simplyhelpinghim
September 7, 2012 at 3:55 pm (UTC -4) Link to this comment
Yes, that is so very true. We must show that which we have been shown. Thanks for stoppin by!
nicholl
September 7, 2012 at 12:18 pm (UTC -4) Link to this comment
love your thoughts on passing on grace
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simplyhelpinghim
September 7, 2012 at 3:55 pm (UTC -4) Link to this comment
Aww thanks for followin’!
Thanks for stoppin by! 
Larri
September 7, 2012 at 9:13 am (UTC -4) Link to this comment
That’s a heady thought —> “Grace for the moments when we aren’t graceful.”
We are so blessed, aren’t we, to have a Creator Who desires to give us such undeserving grace. Great 1st 5-minute post! Glad we both gave it a try today. Happy Friday!
simplyhelpinghim
September 7, 2012 at 3:56 pm (UTC -4) Link to this comment
That we are!
I’m so glad I did too! 
Holly
September 7, 2012 at 6:57 am (UTC -4) Link to this comment
But isn’t that just it…that this glorious grace that we have isn’t something to compete for? That it just IS? Here’s praying that you will learn to lean into His grace that is already there for you.
And welcome to Five Minute Friday. We’re glad that you are here.
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simplyhelpinghim
September 7, 2012 at 7:21 am (UTC -4) Link to this comment
Yes, that is wonderful! No competing for it! Just given. Grace! Amazing Grace! Thanks for stoppin by! Blessings!