Signs You Are Growing in Grace, Part 35

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Your weekly installment of 20 grace tweets from Scotty Smith:

A sign you’re growing in grace: You realize anger is not the only emotion you can chose for responding to provocation.

A sign you’re growing in grace: When you overhear gossip but miss 1/2 of what was said, you don’s ask for the other 1/2.

A sign you’re growing in grace: You’re not as obsessive about getting credit, even when credit is very due. You chill more.

A sign you’re growing in grace: You don’t use your brokenness and weaknesses as excuses, but as fuel to drive you to Jesus.

A sign you’re growing in grace: You’re not arrogant when you bring your “A game” and not despondent when it’s your “B game”.

A sign you’re growing in grace: Being in Christ affects who you are behind the wheel.

A sign you’re growing in grace: You don’t hurl silent imprecations at slow moving rubber-necking drivers in front of you.

A sign you’re growing in grace: People are more offended by the gospel than your graceless defense of the gospel.

A sign you’re growing in grace: You won’t be the calorie or fat-gram counter for anybody this Thanksgiving. Feast on!

A sign you’re growing in grace: Reconciliation means more to you than validation.

A sign you’re growing in grace: How Jesus names you drowns out and trumps the names everybody else gives you.

A sign you’re growing in grace: Instead of jumping to conclusions you saunter into listening and understanding.

A sign you’re growing in grace: You don’t play as much hide-and-seek from the convicting work of the Holy Spirit.

A sign you’re growing in grace: It takes you less time to move from resentment to forgiving to hope to reconciliation.

A sign you’re growing in grace: No matter WHAT else is going on, the gospel is your reason for great joy and thanks today.

A sign you’re growing in grace: You don’t offer as many unsolicited suggestions, or unnecessary criticisms or opinions.

A sign you’re growing in grace: Even if they’re hard to be with, you love your extended family more than you used to.

A sign you’re growing in grace: You now value remembering other people’s names more than you obsess about hearing yours.

A sign you’re growing in grace: You’re not thinking about work yet, this holiday weekend. Your family has your attention.

A sign you’re growing in grace: You don’t really think about “signs” that much, but you do CRAVE more growth in grace.