Author Introduction
I had a fun conversation with Claire McGarry, the author of Grace in Tension: Discover Peace with Martha and Mary, published by Our Sunday Visitor. Her website is Shifting my Perspective and you can find links to her books and recent writing there.
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Why Martha and Mary
In her repeated readings of the story from Luke 10, Claire senses her own frustration with Martha and Mary, not understanding why she is in tension over someone else’s story. In prayer, God reveals to her a process to learn how to face the tension in our lives and use it to help us uncover what is going on within ourselves.
GIFT (from page 19 of Grace in Tension)
- Gauge, identify and name the tension I was feeling
- Invite it in so I could look it in the eye, robbing it of its hold over me
- Filter it through his lens, which sees the whole picture with love
- Transform it by inspiring me to make the necessary changes in my life and in myself
By using GIFT, we can have a choice in how we react to the tension around and in our life.
Claire invites you to try her G-I-F-T acronym in the midst of your stress and tension, it would naturally lead you to God and a life that is not lukewarm.
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