Teresa

I am a thirty-something resident of a small town in southern Indiana where you can’t go to the grocery store without running into a friend or family member. In the midst of this ordinary community there is a very nontypical group of believers making up my church family. Much of who I am has come from the influence of these people who I truly love, and even like.

I am a full time nursing student eagerly counting down the days until graduation and licensed employment. I maintain a very messy house and have mediocre laundry, and spelling skills.

God has given me the honor of raising four of His children, or five if you count my husband. I have often wondered what I did to deserve such a life. . .

The most important lesson I have learned about myself lately is that I have trouble graciously accepting help from others probably due to a need to feel self-sufficient. I also often feel unworthy of compliments or gifts. But recently God broke me down enough to really need this sort of support and it flooded in from friends and family. I know I do not deserve it, did not earn it, nor will likely ever be able to repay it. So when I received it I said “Thank you”. How simple, yet profound, when I think about this in terms of receiving God’s precious grace.