0:00 Good morning, baby.0:01 Wherever you are right now, just let everything else fall away for a minute.0:08 Last time we were together, we talked about wrapping yourself in a soft blanket of grace to start the day.0:17 Let’s pull that blanket up a little closer this morning.0:22 Feel the air as you breathe in.0:25 And feel your body soften as you breathe out.0:29 There’s no hurry here.0:31 Just this breath, and the next.0:34 Let your shoulders drop down from your ears.0:37 Let the little muscles around your eyes get soft.0:42 Mm-hm.0:42 You are right here, right now.0:45 And that is a perfect place to be.0:48 Hmm-mm-mm… I was sitting here on my porch, and my Bible fell open to a page I’ve read a hundred times.0:57 It’s from the second letter to the Corinthians, chapter twelve, verse nine.1:04 And the Lord says to Paul, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” Let’s hear that again.1:15 “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” Now that’s a good word for a Tuesday.1:25 It reminds me of this young woman who joined our choir, oh, a few years back.1:31 Sweetest soul, but she was so worried about being perfect.1:37 She’d hold that sheet music so tight her knuckles were white.1:42 And if she thought her note was a little flat, or if she came in a half-a-beat late, I could see her just… deflate.1:52 One evening at rehearsal, she was trying to hit this high, clear note in a solo part, and her voice just cracked a little.2:03 And oh, honey, the tears just welled right up in her eyes.2:08 After we finished, I went and sat by her.2:12 I told her, “Baby, the good Lord isn't listening for perfection.2:17 He’s listening for the sound of a heart reaching for Him.2:22 That little crack in your voice?2:25 That’s where the light gets in.2:28 That’s where His strength has room to show up.” Mm-hm.2:33 Sit with that a minute, baby.2:35 All day long, the world is telling us to be stronger, be better, be perfect.2:42 Don’t have a hair out of place.2:45 Don’t have a doubt in your mind.2:47 Don’t have a crack in your voice.2:50 But that’s not what this word says.2:53 It says His power is made PERFECT in our weakness.2:58 In our not-enough-ness.3:00 In the places where we feel like we’re failing.3:04 That’s the space He loves to work in.3:07 That’s the quiet spot where grace rushes in to meet you.3:12 So just for a moment, in the quiet, think about one of those places in your own life.3:20 A place where you feel like you aren’t enough.3:24 Where you’re trying so hard to be perfect.3:27 Now, just breathe into that place.3:30 And imagine grace, like warm honey, just pouring right into it.3:36 Not to fix it.3:37 But just to be with you in it.3:40 You don’t have to carry it all before breakfast.3:44 His grace is enough.3:46 It IS enough.3:47 So as you get ready to meet this day, carry that with you.3:52 The beauty isn’t in being flawless.3:55 The beauty is in the trying, in the reaching, in the heart that sings even with a little crack in its voice.4:05 Go on, now, and let the day meet you kind.
