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The #OldGal got a 3 today in our return to the frozen tundra. So a solid tie. Perhaps a #YoungPup scored a 2?

One Who Receives Grace

Psalm 25:1-10; Daniel 9:1-14; 1 John 1:3-10

This passage from 1 John almost feels contradictory.

On the one hand, if we claim to be in the light but still bounce around in darkness we are liars. One the other hand, if we claim to be without sin then we are also liars.

It almost seems hopeless, doesn’t it?

How can someone be in the light and still be struggling with sin? Aren’t we supposed to be perfect and holy? Aren’t we supposed to be free from the darkness?

This to me is the beauty of the Way of Christ. There is a standard that we are called to, a standard of holiness in the light. Yet, there is a reality that we will not be perfect and we will struggle with things. The Way of Christ simply says, “Own it. Embrace the reality that you need grace, forgiveness, and mercy.”

To be in the light is not to be perfect. To be in the light is to be honest. To live with integrity. To be one who acknowledges one’s own imperfection.

To be one who receives grace.

What an overwhelming thought! To be in the way of Christ is to be one who receives grace. To be in the way of Christ is not to be perfect, it is not to have it all together, it is recognize that I don’t have it all together and nobody else does either.

So, grace abounds!

Good morning! May you extend kindness to someone whom you just don’t think deserves it today. #MorningMug #MorningBlessing

#Wordle 971 2/6*

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Another 2! The #OldGal got a 3! It truly is better to be lucky than good.

I’m grateful she still likes me.

I am now really considering simply moving everything to micro.blog a total consolidation to @dan@social.danielmrose.com, though with the consolidation it would likely mean dropping the “social” bit. Which would require a re-following by everyone. Hmmm…

#Wordle 970 2/6*

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The coffee and the beach and the extra sleep helped me halve the score of the #OldGal! The #YoungPups have another resounding victory.

Good morning! May you know in the midst of your humanity that within you resides the image of the divine. #MorningMug #MorningBlessing

Do you agree with Eckhart Tolle here? I am curious what people think about this. Is there always a lesson?

Whenever something negative happens to you, there is a deep lesson concealed within it.
— Eckhart Tolle

I love this place. Every time we come here, I never want to leave. #grateful 📷

This made me chuckle a bit too hard.

I’m so thankful to have been able to share our “happy place” with my mom this week. Dennis and Jeanne, Amy’s folks, are such kind and gracious hosts.

Mom wanted to do one thing for while she was here, to put her toes in the ocean. So we took care of that this afternoon under a beautiful Panama City Beach sky.

To my knowledge Russell never learned that to defeat fear it took perfect love.

Fear is the main source of superstition, and one of the main sources of cruelty. To conquer fear is the beginning of wisdom. Bertrand Russell, British philosopher and logician (1872–1970)

A year ago today we experienced what too many parents have experienced over the last number of years. The panicked phone call of our daughter barricaded and hiding in her dorm room as an active shooter rampaged and killed indiscriminately on her campus.

The fear mixed with rage and love is something that I wish on no parent.

The beauty of a mobilized and loving community at home and at her campus is something that I hope everyone gets to experience in their lives at some point.

Out of tragedy an unspeakable grief and undeniable love are somehow intermingled.

Perhaps, this is truly what grace is.

A year later the wounds still bring easy tears and knots in throats. A year later the thankfulness of a daughter spared from an evil hand still overwhelms.

Good morning! May you not miss the forest for the trees today. #MorningBlessing #MorningMug