The beginning of the week starts in a flurry of things to do, places to go and people to see. The middle of the week is the push to get to the end of the week and the end of the week promises at least some respite. It’s in this end, this temporary intermission between the week and the weekend that we can pause, if only for moment and appreciate the moments of grace the week brought us.
Grace is given not because we have done good works, but in order that we may be able to do them. ~St. Augustine
They were there, these moments of grace. They may have been fleeting and the noise and demands of life may have tried to drown them out, but they were there. They were in the strength to do what we thought we could not do, to accomplish what we thought impossible and even to enjoy what we were afraid we may miss.
So take a moment to look back on your week and recall these glimpses of grace as they wove themselves into the flurry of your life. These glimpses can be as simple as a gratitude list or as detailed as an animated story over a cup of coffee while children play.
If you blog, share a blog post containing your gratitude list, grace story, or picture from the week. You could even choose one from your archives showing the movements of God’s grace in your life. Link up here on Fridays for “Moments of Grace.” If you don’t blog, share your grace moments in the comments of Friday’s post.
Blog or no blog, let’s visit each other and listen to our grace stories, the mysterious and unique ways in which God moves and works and lives in each one of us.
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Colleen Spiro at Thoughts on Grace hosts a Saturday meme called Sabbath Moments that I usually participate in. Some bloggers here might want to join her on Saturdays. I love the meme because it forces me to cast my thoughts over the past week and see how I have encountered God in daily living. I linked one of my Sabbath Moments posts that readers here might find worthwhile.
I am so enjoying this blog! I linked up too. It is so refreshing and uplifting to visit here! Love it
Just linked up my moments of grace, and enjoying seeing others!
I’m really loving this site, such a gift to be able to share our faith. I havn’t been able to participate in the book club discussion yet, but I am loving the book.
Hi Julie, thanks for joining us for Moments of Grace. Be sure to join us Wednesday, I’m interested to hear your thoughts on the book.
Great to see so many link ups here! Loved them all.
Thanks Jenny, for this opportunity to share my very meaningful moment of grace here today!
Thank you Anne. I’m getting ready to start visiting the links.
Jenny…loved the pic too! So beautiful you are…inside and out.
Jenny, I love your photo! (I couldn’t comment on your page, so I’m doing it here.) Your camera strap is so pretty, too!
Theresa and Emily, thank you for your kind words and for not mentioning my dirty mirror. As my daughter said when she saw the picture, “You’re just keeping it real!”
*moment of grace this week*
Relying in the Holy Spirit in a difficult circumstance instead of my own power and realizing …
It’s much better His way!!! +
Is that not the truth! When will I learn that awesome truth?
I will share my *moments* here ~
…the grace to get out of bed after being stuck at work most of the night
…checkers and coloring books between sisters almost 10 years apart
…glowing full moon in dusk sky
…inspirations heard and *calls* answered
…sharing a meal with my husband…ALONE!
Theresa: Wow, what did you have to do to get that last one?! A true blessing!
And you are never too old to color! My sister and I are about 7 1/2 years apart and I always enjoyed coloring with her.
How many kids do you have?
Thankfully oldest daughter (almost 17) can babysit : ) I have four children: son 22, son 19, daughter almost 17 and daughter 7.
Oh, how wonderful! And how neat, that it’s two boys and then two girls. I bet the 17 year old really enjoyed coloring. I would have!
And I always sort of liked baby-sitting my younger siblings (I have two…we’re all 3 1/2 years apart).
I shared a moment captured in a simple photograph. Thanks for hosting this link party and for all you are doing to bring this blog to more women of faith!
Thank you Misty for capturing your Moment of Grace in a photo. There really is no standard for how we share our grace moments; words or pictures.
Lovely idea! Fantastic! Will be back later to link up and see everyone’s moments of grace.
Love love love this idea.
You can probably tell, since I already linked up!
I’m SOOOO going to participate next week, Jenny! Thanks for an inspiring and wonderful thing to look forward to.
In fact, maybe I can get a post together for tomorrow. (Confession: I usually write my posts a day or so ahead and schedule them. It’s an OCD/PsychoTypeA thing, I guess.)
Keep up the great work!
Hi Sarah, I’m excited you’re going to join us next week. {About that Type A/OCD thing…hello pot, I’m kettle…we share a similarity}