6/2/2022 Lately my hope and grace journals have united into one statement for both. Is it because I am lazy (possible), because I hurt (also possible) or could it be because they are so close together and are linked together in me.

For whatever reason I can honestly say hope and grace are very essential to me in the face of all I am going through. The pain fluctuates at times a great deal even in the same day then leaving me exhausted and so, so weary. Do I hope for the pain to go away, reduce or accept it as God’s will? To me the answer is not as clear as it may seem to you. Does God allow pain in our lives? OF COURSE!!! We will never face all Jesus faced for us!!!

At the same time I struggle with my addiction to pornography. Some may see it as a bad thing to struggle but I have found you either struggle against an addiction or you give into it! It is always there and I must prepare so the times of temptation do not grow into times of sin.

Hope and grace are a living current flowing through me to make good possible. Even without a relationship with God we can find hope and grace by gathering with to support and be supported. Hope and grace are real! Hope and grace are real!

This is a combination of my Hope and Grace Journals.