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Grace that's home

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"Let me hear in the morning of your steadfast love, for in you I trust. Make known the way I should go, for to you I entrust my life." Psalm 143:8 One of the strangest things about submitting the details of your life to Christ is the state of limbo you live in. We hand over consents, sign the forms, pay the cost, and wait. Thankfully, God is much more gracious and much more personal in this process. Sometimes in the wait, we're in hopeful anticipation or just anxious for the fog to clear. Sometimes we happily welcome distractions from the reality we live in, or seek after a life we perceive as a bit more normal, something that is easier to swallow. Other times, we sit outside ourselves amazed that this is the race we're running and have been running for almost ten years. We have dreams, but this cancer keeps our feet on the ground. The harder it gets, the more buried I feel. And I'm not just talking about the bills and the full voicemail