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Signs You Are Growing in Grace, Part 36

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Written By Tim Brister

Tim has a missionary heart for his hometown to love those close to him yet far from God. He is husband to Dusti and father to Nolan, Aiden, and Adelyn - fellow pilgrims to our celestial city.

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Your weekly installment of 20 grace tweets from Scotty Smith:

A sign you’re growing in grace: It takes more to bug you, longer to rattle you and less to humble you.

A sign you’re growing in grace: You find yourself saying, “How did I ever miss THAT?”, about old familiar Bible verses.

A sign you’re growing in grace: You don’t speed up just to keep from being passed on the inside lane.

A sign you’re growing in grace: The ability to pay for something is no longer an indication of its affordability to you.

A sign you’re growing in grace: You’re not arrogant, you just get bored quicker in churches without a heart for evangelism.

A sign you’re growing in grace: You use less confetti at your pity parties.

A sign you’re growing in grace: You don’t spend as much time talking yourself out of being generous with money or mercy.

A sign you’re growing in grace: You know spending too much time regretting is like spending too much time eating rotten eggs.

A sign you’re growing in grace: You derive 70% of your peace from the occupied throne of heaven and 30% from getting your way.

A sign you’re growing in grace: You won’t spend as much time today needing to be right, or looking good or spiritual.

A sign you’re growing in grace: When you hear/use the phrase “the poor”, you have faces, names and streets in mind.

A sign you’re growing in grace: For every “buy me” catalog you get in the mail during Advent, you pray for 3 missionaries.

A sign you’re growing in grace: You spend more time adoring Jesus during Advent than criticizing Christmas “folly”.

A sign you’re growing in grace: You don’t try to fix people as often, or just try to talk them out of our their pain.

A sign you’re growing in grace: Approaching you and talking with you is easier than ever for others. You are not as prickily.

A sign you’re growing in grace: While standing in long Christmas checkout lines, you pray more than you seeth.

A sign you’re growing in grace: You don’t need to have children as an excuse to see (and enjoy) the new Muppet movie.

A sign you’re growing in grace: You complain less and encourage more, and you’re more flexible and less irritable.

A sign you’re growing in grace: You don’t have an emotional doghouse in which you put people who disappoint you.

A sign you’re growing in grace: You’d rather give and receive costly heart-gifts than expensive stuff-gifts.