Joy

I love it when God spring on me, when there's no real reason to be so joyful, yet I am. It's totally a God thing and simply reminds me of his awesomeness.
Strangely, as I've been desiring to look at and experience God's grace more I had a weekend theology class and we talked about justification - the fact that in Christ, by grace alone we can stand before God. Beautiful. Then today we talked about the Holy Spirit and what he does. It's like God's quiet whispering of "I love you, I'm working. Don't worry."
I have also been contemplating extra hard on my lack of facebook-ness at this time. Griping, really. Starting to be aware of missing events and feeling more disconnected with people. It can be hard, and I gripe very easily. But at class, talking with a friend who asked how it was going, I was able to share how I'd seen God work. I stopped griping for a minute (yes, I acknowledged that it's hard) but I also gave told of how I'd seen God work to drop people I never would have expected into my life to bring comfort. Singing God's praise is always good for the soul.
It also challenged me to get out of my griping state and start more actively pursuing some friends. Good wake up call for me.
Learning to live more fully in God's grace will definitely be a growing process, but I know he will continue to work in me and draw me ever nearer.