Boasting

The past few days have been filled with conversations about God & grace. Sometimes I feel funny when I share some of my past experiences. It can feel like boasting. It is not that the experiences are not real or that they are even exaggerated. The true real accurate experiences are all I need to share. God has shown me astounding things.In the discussions that have occurred around boasting we concluded that it is boasting if you telling of your own accomplishments and you let others know that the it simply is the result of your human ability or greatness. It is witness if what you share makes clear that it could not have happened by your own ability but rather required the grace of God to have happened. God does not empower us to be channels of grace for extraordinary results so we will keep them a secret. God wants the world to know everything that his grace can accomplish. It would be boasting if somehow anyone thought they were special and that God would not do the same things through any willing person who is in relationship with Christ. Oh that we all would boast of the great things God has done for us. Oh that we all would boast of the great things God has done through us.