The Ultimate Blog Party 2013

Hi!  It’s Party Time in Blog World Again.  Hope you join in on the fun of meeting new people and exploring new blogs as part of the 7th annual Ultimate Blog Party Celebration.

This is my 2nd year taking part and I really enjoyed all the wonderful blogs I found last year.  I am looking forward to finding even more that inspire and encourage me.

For those who are new to Grace and Grit….I am a wife, mother, physical therapist, exercise enthusiast, crafter, novice gardener, avid book and blog lover blessed with a great big helping of God’s Sweet Grace and a side-dish of Southern raised Grit to go with it.

I believe that life should be a great adventure as we get to know God better and form a close walk with him.  Hope you will join me on my journey.

Virtue vs Impurity

This is WEEK 48 of the Character Development Series I am doing for 2012.  So glad you stopped by!

The happiness of your life depends upon the quality of your thoughts: therefore, guard accordingly, and take care that you entertain no notions unsuitable to virtue and reasonable nature.  -Marcus Aurelius 

All the gold which is under or upon the earth is not enough to give in exchange for virtue.  -Plato

Wisdom is knowing what to do next; virtue is doing it.  David Starr Jordan

Tolerance vs Prejudice

This is WEEK 46 of the Character Development Series I am doing for 2012.  So glad you stopped by!  

Prejudice is a learned trait. You’re not born prejudiced; you’re taught it.  -Charles R. Swindoll

In examining the evidence of the Christian religion, it is essential to the discovery of truth that we bring to the investigation a mind freed, as far as possible, from existing prejudice, and open to conviction.  -Simon Greenleaf

If people are informed they will do the right thing. It’s when they are not informed that they become hostages to prejudice.  -Charlayne Hunter-Gault

Loyalty vs Unfaithfulness

This is WEEK 30 of the Character Development Series I am doing for 2012.  So glad you stopped by!

Confidentiality is a virtue of the loyal, as loyalty is the virtue of faithfulness. -Edwin Louis Cole

No more duty can be urged upon those who are entering the great theater of life than simple loyalty to their best convictions. -Edwin Hubbel Chapin

Faithless is he that says farewell when the road darkens. – J. R. R. Tolkien

The highest spiritual quality, the noblest property of mind a man can have, is this of loyalty…a man with no loyalty in him, with no sense of love or reverence or devotion due to something outside and above his poor daily life, with its pains and pleasures, profits and losses, is as evil a case as man can be. – Algernon Charles Swinburne

Joyfulness vs Self-pity

This is WEEK 28 of the Character Development Series I am doing for 2012.  So glad you stopped by!

Joy is the simplest form of gratitude. -Karl Barth

There are souls in this world which have the gift of finding joy everywhere and of leaving it behind them when they go. -Jean Paul

“Scatter joy!” -― Ralph Waldo Emerson

“There is no joy in the soul that has forgotten what God prizes.”-― Oswald Chambers

Grieving my Laptop’s Untimely Death

My laptop died from complications that occurred approximately 2 months ago….You see, the laptop’s owner (that’s me) accidentally dropped the laptop on the floor.  Although a little tape and a few tweaks by hubby seemed to have salvaged the laptop to keep cruising on in WI FI land, an unknown problem lurked beneath the surface….a hairline fracture in the mother board.

The hairline fracture grew over time, and finally caused the fatal BLACK SCREEN of impending death.  Luckily, The Geek Squad was able to salvage MOST of the data, pictures, and documents from the old laptop and convert them to a shiny new laptop, but the disruption of life has not yet returned to normal. Please be patient with me while I continue to mourn my laptop and get adjusted to the new one….
Next week’s topic…Humility vs Pride.  Yes, this week has definitely been a lesson in humility as I have had to admit my mistake, and pay dearly for it in many ways.  
But I have learned that God is with me, even when my laptop is not…..He is my true life source, and He has provided an important data and sacred document keeper….HIS WORD …it will never crash, be disrupted, or fail.

Til next week, my prayer for you:
May God bless you this week with the comfort of His unfailing presence and resources.  May you stay connected to Him as the absolute most vital source of your daily life.  May you have a blessed 4th of July!

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Winner of Give-A-Way

For the one year anniversary of Grace & Grit, I offered a give-a-way of the book In the Grip of Grace by Max Lucado. I so enjoyed the comments I received about faith building experiences. The winner, by random drawing, was Kathy of christianbookmom.blogspot.com .  Congratulations Kathy!   

 

 

 

Ultimate Blog Party 2012

I am so excited to be part of the Ultimate Blog Party 2012!!!!!     Please check it out and do some blog hopping!

If this is your first time visiting my blog, let me tell you a little about Grace and Grit for Living Life.

I started blogging in May of 2011, so I am close to reaching my one year anniversary in the blog world.  Stay in touch for a blog give-away next month in celebration.  To me….Grace is what God is all about and without it, we would be nothing so I want my blog to share that message of grace to others.  I also want my blog to reflect messages that hopefully encourage, cause one to ponder or reflect on Christian values, and help to foster Christian growth….for I believe that God wants Christians to be empowered to make a difference, to leave an imprint upon this world and the lives of those in our world.  God wants to give us the grit we need to live out his values and to be light unto a fallen, dark world that needs His love.  This year, I have dedicated to studying Christian Character traits.  Hope you will join me as I look at a character trait each week.

I look forward to visiting other blog sites to learn and be encouraged.  Blog Party is such a great event to bring fellow bloggers together.  The worldly view is so prevalent in our lives, that I believe Christians need to have the support of knowing they are not the only ones trying to stand apart and life a life that honors God.  The blog community allows people to get to know others from around the world and share a common ground.  Isn’t that what Christianity is all about?…..a community of believers helping each other to grow in love and being mentors to each other.

Thanks for stopping by….and thanks fellow bloggers for all you have contributed to my life!

 

Deference versus Rudeness

This is WEEK 10 of the Character Development Series I am doing for 2012.  So glad you stopped by.  
Deference means:  Polite respect, especially putting the interests of another person first

A part of kindness consists in loving people more than they deserve.
Joseph Joubert

A good character is the best tombstone.  Those who loved you and were helped by you will remember you when forget-me-nots have withered.  Carve your name on hearts, not on marble.  ~Charles H. Spurgeon

Treat everyone with politeness, even those who are rude to you – not because they are nice, but because you are.  ~Author Unknown

Synonyms for Deference: respect, esteem, regard, reverence, admiration, awe, submissiveness
Antonyms for Deference: disrespect, rudeness, noncompliance  

Decisiveness versus Double Minded

This is WEEK 9 of the Character Development Series I am doing for 2012.  So glad you stopped by.
What would you think if you met a man who: 
Talked professionally while on the job, but cussed like a sailor outside of work.
 Went to church every Sunday, but frequented the bars on work nights. 
 Said he loved his wife , but then flirted with and had affairs with other women. 

DECISIVE means:  
1. having the power or quality of deciding, putting an end to controversy
2. with little or no hesitation; determined
3. commanding

Synonyms for decisive:  conclusive, pivotal, key, critical, significant, strong-minded, resolute, determined, clear-sighted, focused
Antonyms for decisive: insignificant, uncertain, unfocused, wavering