Signs You Are Growing in Grace, Part 30

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Your weekly installment of 20 grace tweets from Scotty Smith:

A sign you’re growing in grace: When people don’t “show up”, you don’t cop an Elijah attitude (1 Kings 19:9f).

A sign you’re growing in grace: You don’t confuse high self-esteem with beloved-ness in Christ.

A sign you’re growing in grace: You take “The ONLY thing that counts is faith expressing itself in love” very seriously.

A sign you’re growing in grace: You can even find Jesus in the Book of Obadiah.

A sign you’re growing in grace: When you’re well planned & prayed over schedule gets derailed, you fume & pout less.

A sign you’re growing in grace: The time lapse between your bad attitude and repentance is significantly shorter.

A sign you’re growing in grace: When confronted by a friend, you don’t default to defensiveness or self-contempt as often.

A sign you’re growing in grace: When disheartened, you take up a towel to wash feet rather than just throw in the towel.

A sign you’re growing in grace: You’re more likely to forgive than ferment; listen than launch; kiss than curse.

A sign your’e growing in grace: The crowd you’re most interested in following is pretty small: Father, Son and Spirit.

A sign you’re growing in grace: You’re not necessarily good with directions, but your heart is growing a gospel GPS.

A sign you’re growing in grace: When not included in something other friends were, it hurts, but it doesn’t undo you.

A sign you’re growing in grace: The addicts in your life consider you someone who understands their struggle.

A sign you’re growing in grace: You’re not at all surprised when Jesus reveals just how self-centered you still are.

A sign you’re growing in grace: It doesn’t take you as long to relax or obey.

A sign you’re growing in grace: Though you have a preferred worship aesthetic, the gospel is increasing your band width.

A sign you’re growing in grace: A sermon saturated w/ the gospel can enable you to endure bad music, but great music can’t enable you to endure a gospel-less sermon.

A sign your’e growing in grace: Your commitment to relationships is based more on God’s glory than your fulfillment.

A sign you’re growing in grace: You’d sooner trust your kazoo playing to pay your bills than lean upon your own understanding.

A sign you’re growing in grace: You don’t tell other people about other people’s failures as much. You confess your stuff.