What it's all about...
During my freshmen year of college, our choir took a trip to the city of New York. On one of the extremely long bus rides, I was sitting beside a one of the guys who was a senior that year and we began to talk about life. Suddenly, this young man looked at me and said these words that I will never forget. He said, "Maddie, you know that you have a head full of feathers?" I laughed even though I was slightly offended, but I was curious as to what he meant. He began to explain the way I view things and how I tend to lean towards the naive, dreamy, fluff type of view - basically the one that doesn't have any grip to it (its fault) , but yet sees good in everything (its plus).
He noticed I was a little taken aback and then he said, "That's ok because I have a head full of bricks." I busted out laughing because I knew he was right! He was the type of tough guy that sometimes leaned towards the knot head point of view (its fault), but yet searched out truth and stood for it (its plus) .
But then he continued with a thought that has stuck with me. He said, "The Bible says that Jesus was full of grace and truth... kind of like bricks and feathers" He then began to explain how you can't just have a head full of bricks or just a head full of feathers. You must learn to have a balance of both in your life.
You see there are those that tend to be all feathers - grace. They natural tend towards grace, love, and nurturing. Then there are those that have more of a tendency to be all bricks - truth. They are more all about the facts, "you have to convince me first" type attitudes. But Jesus was both! He had a perfect balance of grace and truth, a balance we all should strive for! We each need to be extenders of grace and we each need to be standers for the truth.
So, this blog is for one purpose and one purpose only. It is my desire to give you thoughts that extend from grace and truth. Thoughts that have encouraged, uplifted, and showered love on me (grace); and thoughts that have admonished, taught, and convicted me (truth). These thoughts aren't perfect, for I could never be perfect this side of heaven, but they are thoughts that come from a heart that God is still working on; a heart that desires to grow and to share with others how God is working in her!
So here they are...may God use these thoughts in whatever way He pleases and may all the glory go to Him!
"And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth." - John 1 :14
