Photo Shoot…

I was looking at pictures from my daughter’s recent senior photo shoot while waiting for my annual mammogram. Quite the contrast, I know. Let me just go on the record that my “photo shoot” was far less glamorous than hers.

The pictures are simply fabulous. I truly can’t decide which one I like the most. A sweet sister in Christ blessed us with her God-given talent in photography. The day of the photo shoot was such fun, which was an added blessing. God gave us a cool, fall day here in south Texas with lots of blue skies and sunshine. My daughter and I had shopped for three perfect outfits, picked out accessories and even discussed her makeup. There was much giggling and silliness during the shoot. I will have that day forever carved in my memory as a blessing. When I look at the pictures, the happiness and ease of the day play back in my mind.

I have experienced many kinds of days as a mom. The days haven’t always been all smiles, blue skies and cool weather. There have been days bathed in frown lines, darkness, and hot tempers to say the least. But, I realized that the hard days are what make the photo shoot days even sweeter.

It is in the contrast that God’s grace shines the brightest. His grace holds us in the heaviest of days and His grace dances with us in the lightest of days. And because of His grace we can be thankful for all of the days.

Let His grace refine and refresh you on this day. For His grace surely changes everything!

Be hopeful!

But he said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ’s power may rest on me.
2 Corinthians 12:9 NIV