We're All Sinking

I feel like I may be posting a few times on my blog this week for my heart is very heavy at the moment.

That being said, I felt like God was calling me to change the name of my blog. The previous title was "It is then that I carried you." I still love the story of footprints, but I feel like this title made it seem like my life was full of hardships. Don't get my wrong, I need Jesus always, through what I see as good and hard times.

Currently my sweet papa is very sick and will probably be leaving this Earth soon to join Christ in heaven. This experience of potentially loosing someone so close to me has made me realize that the grace in my life easily outmeasures the hardship.

The song "How He loves" is widely popular among Christian worship. This song has had the largest power over me for a long time. When thinking about the immense blessings in my life I immediately thought of my favorite line from that very song, "If his grace is an ocean, we're all sinking." And just like that, I have renamed my blog.

I really love this title because it can be taken in many ways. On the most pessimistic side of things, we're all sinking can be seen as the hardships that pull us all down. I personally also like to look at it as if we are all sinking in sin. We need Christ to lift us up from those difficult times and pull us away from that sin. Of course, on the more optimistic side of things, we are sinking in the Lord's grace.

This is probably my favorite way to look at Christ. I feel like this line can answer everything. No matter what life brings, or doesn't bring, Christ's grace overflows around us. His mercy and love endure over all else. We are not sinking in problems, but rather sinking in the glory of our Lord.

As I continue to face this difficult time in my life, I am comforted in the grace and love of our heavenly Father.

And we are His portion and He is our prize,
Drawn to redemption by the grace in His eyes,
If his grace is an ocean, we're all sinking.