His Sufficient Grace.

This week has been a wonderful start of a new month. I can't believe that it's March already!

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Currently, I have begun reading C.S. Lewis' Mere Christianity. All I've read so far is just the preface and chapters one and two, but even with that little amount, I feel as if it's completely changed my thinking pattern this week. He is such a gifted writer! I'm going through it with a close friend and that makes it even better. We discussed the book over tea this week and it was just such a blessing to see what penetrated each of our hearts. We ended up with some of the same things highlighted/bracketed in our books, but also some different points that we discussed. What an amazing experience it was to simply talk about Lewis' writing and be able to relate on such a deep level as Christians.
After our time together, I had my community group with my family and church friends. The topic of the night came from Philippians 2:1-4 where we focused on throwing away our selfishness and truly considering others more important than ourselves. How we treat people on a daily basis and how to conduct ourselves correctly in relationships according to God's Word were points in the discussion. A great question that our group leader asked us was, "How can you check your heart to see if you are acting selfishly?" The one answer that popped in my head was asking ourselves if we are serving the people around us out of love. Healthy relationships are made with serving each other like Christ would. A lot of times, I notice that I have a lack of a servant's heart and I'm more obtained with my needs wants.
Lastly, I heard a wonderful Wednesday night message at Trinity Presbyterian tonight. It was so amazing to see how it related to Lewis' points and the discussion of my Tuesday night group. The topic was on the way we think of other people. Many times, we view ourselves more valuable than others and see no reason why God wouldn't bestow grace upon us. This comes from looking at other's sin and comparing it to our sinful lives. Or the opposite; thinking we are lower than others and therefore believing we are undeserving of God's grace because of the things we've done. But both are wrong. We are all sinners and we are all unworthy of His abundant grace. But the beauty of it all is that He never fails to give us grace time and time again and His grace goes on forever. We closed with replacing our usual, selfish mindset to one that is looking at other's sinfulness with the hope and truth that God's grace is sufficient for them just as it is for my sinfulness.
So awesome how everything tied in together! And so encouraging!