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[gateslacker]

Sometimes obedience can be pulse pounding as it was tonight when God infused me with the courage to stand in front of the church and sing solo. I had been trying to work up the courage for months and participated in the Christmas play as an attempt to work myself into it. uh huh....riiight.  It never made me any less nervous though. I suppose the problem is there was too much "I" involved and even though I wanted God to give me the courage, I never really acted on faith and followed through with my end of it. My bad. And doesn't it seem ironic that God actually has to give me the courage to be obedient and sing His praises. The only close analogy I can think of is when I give my child money because he wants to buy me a present. It doesn't make the gift any less treasured.

I suspect my pulse rate is still around 135...LOL

"Grace Like Rain" indeed!!