Cut Myself Some Slack Grace

Well, a couple of weeks ago, I told you in a Christ's Grace Abounds post that I reluctantly started a podcast I felt led to create called: Relate2TheBible Podcast. Doing this doesn't come easily to me. It's a greater level of risk I take when I do these podcasts. When I am typing the Christian blog posts, I can go back and edit out any errors I may have made. It's not very threatening, even though they felt that way when I first felt led to create them. 

I find myself being very self-critical of my podcast episodes. I hear when my voice wavers, when I hesitate or have to restate something during the podcasts. There's some editing I can do, but I'm not experienced enough to do any editing that is very involved. I have to ask Christ for Cut Myself Some Slack Grace. I'm prayerful that people who listen to these podcasts get the message that Christ wants me to share regardless of my inadequacies!

These podcasts come out on Wednesday and Friday. You can listen to these free podcasts at: Relate2TheBible Podcast on Anchor.fm/debra-seiling The Relate2TheBible Podcast is also free on Spotify, Google Podcasts, Breaker and Radio Public. Please feel free to share these podcasts with others who might benefit. Thanks! Debbie

Example of a Brief Prayer

But we believe that through the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ we shall be saved, even as they. Acts 15:11

I was with someone who was scooping up some free popcorn. They didn't ask me if I wanted any. The person told me that I should get a bag of popcorn and then took it from my hands. They wanted me to get the popcorn for them to eat later.

It's such a silly thing, but it really did irritate me. Didn't that person think about whether I wanted some or not? Couldn't they have asked me if I wanted some before they took it from my hands? I found myself getting frustrated at that person. Then, it popped into my mind that that's not what Christ wants of me. He wants me to be gracious to those who irritate me, but I was too frustrated to be gracious at that moment.

What I prayed was, "Popcorn Grace," and immediately Christ calmed me down, so that I didn't respond to the person in a less than positive manner. Although the "Popcorn Grace" prayer was very brief, I was asking Christ to please give me grace with this popcorn situation, so I would respond in a gracious manner, and He did! It amazed me that He knew and understood my brief prayer and granted me that grace, so I could be more gracious as an example of how He works in my life! I have continued to use these brief prayers which are changing my life and my response to others. If Christ can do this for me, He can most certainly do it for you, as well. Try it...what can it hurt?