Signs You Are Growing in Grace, Part 25

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Part 24

Your weekly installment of 20 grace tweets from Scotty Smith:

A sign you’re growing in grace: You err on the side of not taking things personally. You’re not as hair-trigger fragile.

A sign you’re growing in grace: You can receive criticism without deflecting, tanking or retaliating.

A sign you’re growing in grace: You don’t resort to shame as often in an effort to stop aggravating behavior in others.

A sign you’re growing in grace: You don’t count people’s cookies, chips or cokes for them.

A sign you’re growing in grace: You’re less OCD about other people’s messes… in their living space & in their hearts.

A sign you’re growing in grace: Your love for Reformed theology is manifest in gospel humility and boasting in Jesus.

A sign you’re growing in grace: Even your body language is gospel. People feel God’s welcome in your presence.

A sign you’re growing in grace: Your humble cry for mercy is much louder than your angry cry for justice.

A sign you’re growing in grace: Your peaceful, even glad, when God answers your prayer with a “No.” You trust him.

A sign you’re growing in grace: Your soft answers are outpacing your grievous words exponentially (Proverbs 15:1 ESV).

A sign you’re growing in grace: You’d rather hurt a best friend by confronting them than by your cowardly silence.

A sign you’re growing in grace: You refuse to break a confidence even if it would make you look really good.

A sign you’re growing in grace: You just don’t dig as often or as deep for information about other people’s failures.

A sign you’re growing in grace: When you say, “My sins are just as worthy of judgment as theirs”, you really mean it.

A sign you’re growing in grace : You nurse grudges, cuddle with resentment & plan creative ways to retaliate less often.

A sign your’e growing in grace: You rush to Jesus much quicker than you rush to judgment.

A sign you’re growing in grace: Your default mode is to extend the benefit of doubt rather than seize a chance to judge.

A sign you’re growing in grace: When you rebuke people, they feel more cared for than condemned.

A sign you’re growing in grace: You don’t buy something you don’t need even if it’s 70% off. Owning no longer owns you.

A sign you’re growing in grace: You’re really into performance, but Jesus’, not yours.