There is one thing we have all had in our lives-disappointment. None are exempt. Some of it is monumental. Some of it is inconsequential (on the grand scale of things). Sometimes it is related to health. Sometimes it is related to situations. Sometimes it is related to outcomes. Sometimes it is related to family. Job. One of the biggest is relationships. We work at it. We try as hard as we can; we bend over backwards; then watch it fall apart. Marriage. Friendship. Pastor/church. Parental.

Every relationship has a handicap. Every relationship has a destructive element to it. Every relationship will hit a speed bump. The reason? Sin. Since everyone of us has sinned, the potential for destruction is there. And it doesn’t take long for sin to rear its ugly head.

But with the “revelation” of sin, also comes grace. As Tripp says:

There is grace for every moment. There is grace for every time I sin or are sinned against. And the grace I am given for my relationship will never, ever run out. There is always more of that grace for what is coming around the corner. I can give myself to love, to forgive, to confess, to confront, to trust, and to persevere even when things are hard, because He ‘gives more grace.’

All I have to say to that is…LET. GRACE. FLOW.

“Father, that is my prayer. May grace flow in me and through me and to me so I can extend that grace to others. Grace > sin. Grace > disappointment. Grace = You.”