find the pace of grace 🌻

y’all, life is a struggle sometimes. we miss what God’s doing sometimes. the words i wish i could write anonymously.

let me explain. my prayer for this semester, as i was entering my first year of in person college, was that God would overwhelm me with opportunities, that in every situation i was placed in He would use to grow me. and overwhelm He did. connections, opened doors, and support flooded my life in what seemed like an instant. but if i’m being honest, my heart was left unsatisfied. so i looked for my own new opportunities, completely leaving behind what God had already placed in my life. everything seemed worthless and left me running from one closed door to the next, leaving me closer to a breakdown than a breakthrough. until i finally met my breaking point earlier this week.

crying my eyes out, i whipped out my phone and went straight to the notes app to pour out my feelings and then delete them as if nothing happened, my favorite bad habit. but that’s not what happened. a little sunflower emoji caught my eye, no context just a little flower. i opened the note to find this typed out: find the pace of grace. the five words that broke me in a moment. if you know anything about me you know i like my life rushed and i move quickly and with purpose. but how often does our own agenda lead us to overlooking all God has in the in between moments? it was in that moment that i realized i had been moving at my own pace (running if i’m being completely honest) and i had missed what God placed right in front of me.

find the pace of grace. in your life right now. what is your pace? is it the pace God has for you or what you have for your own life? are you moving my your agenda or His?

find the pace of grace. 🌻