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Topic: Expire (08/01/13)
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TITLE: Exhausted Grace | Previous Challenge Entry
By Lori Dixon
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I stumbled through my morning just dying to drop into bed; and it was only 10AM. Functioning in a fog, I dropped my brand new Samsung Note 2 instead, shattering the screen.
But, the day was not over yet. There was more to be done. Problem was, I was done. Kaput, wasted . . . way past my best before date.
By 5PM the couch had swallowed my face as I passed out before dinner. Woken up by the sweet smell of barbequed chicken and fresh corn on the cob, I begrudgingly agreed to keep my appointment to do some filming of my feet for a new promo video on the topic, ‘Walk a Mile in Her Shoes’.
I figured I could fake happy feet and my daughter and cinematographer promised to keep the camera low and not capture my grumpy scowl.
Three hours later I stood in the grocery store trying to read the scrawled list; my daughter had informed me just before bed that the milk had expired. A few aisles over an obviously tired toddler was whining and crying. The noise irritated my already shot nerves. Just as the nasty thoughts began to rise in my head--the critical tisk tisk voice of, ‘Why do people drag their tired children out’--I suddenly remembered the script for my video talk. About how we don’t know the journey others are on and to give Grace.
I threw a handful of ‘emotional eating’ colourful, sweet candy onto the top of the overflowing cart. Saying a quick prayer for the exasperated mother who was now dragging her child out of the store, I made a mental note to do an edit for the video and add a scene with a woman pushing a baby buggy. I had missed that whole season of life in our film.
We do take a lot of steps in our journey with the Lord and it can get just plain exhausting, but our friends, coworkers and other late night random shoppers are tired too. We need to plug into His Grace daily in order to pour out on others.
Thankfully His Grace doesn’t have an expiry date!
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You might have had a stronger beginning had you not started out with the universal you and shared what the MC was feeling. For example: I felt exhausted, even though I had just crawled out of bed.
Though I wish you had written more about the video the daughter was making, I thought the ending was super powerful. I could hear the screeching of the baby and see things click in the MC's head. It's a great message and one we can all relate to.
But, I think that's how my expired, tired, voice came through . . . because I WAS! LOL And Shann, I will see if a topic comes up that I can share about my talk. Filming today! Be praying! :) Hopefully to find time to go back and read other entries. Run, run, run. See Jane Run!
Congratulations! God bless you. KJV Heb 10:26-31
KJV Rev 14:12