Honest Grace

This past couple of weeks I've been dealing with sin but I have also seen how there is freedom in honesty. When sin enters someone's life and they have the courage to not hide that sin there an awesome opportunity to extend grace to them. I have felt God's prompting in me to say things to people and I feel that it's God's words that were being spoken through me to that person. It's such an amazing experience to feel Him at work not just in my life but in the lives around me. I hope that I was able to extend grace like Jesus did. Part of me wonders though if I could have handled things even better than I did. Did I say the right things? Could I have said something else? Was there something that I should have said and thought about saying but didn't because I wanted to make the other feel better even though what should have been said was the truth? I want to know so when another situation comes up I know that I'll be able to handle it better than the last time something like this comes up. I do know that I need to memorize scripture more. I needed to use scripture because it isn't truth according to me but it's truth according to God. But no matter what happens, I am so thankful that it is God who changes the heart of people and it's not my doing or saying or not saying anything that causes changes of heart.