AMAZING GRACE

Now God has us where he wants us, with all the time in this world and the next to shower grace and kindness upon us in Christ Jesus. Saving is all his idea, and all his work. All we do is trust him enough to let him do it. It’s God’s gift from start to finish!

Ephesians 2: 7-9

Breath Of God

Grace is the offer to breathe

to stop here and rest,

to lay down the need

to do it my way,

the courage to risk.

Grace is a hand held,

an invitation to surrender,

reaching beyond reason,

a re-routing of my heart.

Grace is liberation,

an ending of not good enough,

of blame, shame and shadow;

an awakening of joy;

the emergence of hope.

Grace is the great homecoming,

the welcome of loving-kindness,

a belonging and a becoming:

unmasked and fear free.

Grace is the challenge

to choose kindness,

a call to join the resistance,

when injustice

swells triumphant

and thoughts of hatred rise;

a movement of mercy.

Grace is extravagant,

unrelenting, tenderhearted,

removes boundaries,

stretches horizons;

is a pearl of great price.

Amazing grace.

Chris Matthews