The act of giving thanks—whispered at each common meal, or once a year at family dinners on big holidays—is an early, hopeful flag that grace has come to live with us. For a moment—for one long, exhaling moment—we acknowledge the truth of what the apostle wrote 2000 years ago: “You are not your own: you have been bought with a price” (I Cor 6:19-20). For an instant, the guard is down, the drawbridge open, and we admit that we aren’t self-made or even self-sustained. The castle of our lives has always had a Guardian, a Protector. All that we are, and all we have, and every structure that secures us has been given, not deserved. Even what we say we’ve “earned” is undeniably built on gifts too numerous to count. When I say “thanks,” I confess that there is something—Someone—wider, bigger, and more gracious than any defense I muster or every good I do. So we learn grace through gratitude. And even as we teach our children to “Say thank-you,” the Spirit prompts us each to murmur private “Hallelujahs.” Throw wide the gates, and cross the moat. Release yourself. And stay in grace. -
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GRACE BEYOND FEAR (October 28, 2022)
THE GATE OF GRACE (October 21, 2022)
IN THE GRIP OF GRACE (October 14, 2022)
FULL OF GRACE AND TRUTH (October 07, 2022)
GRACE WITHOUT DESPERATION (September 30, 2022)
A DAY TO REMEMBER (september 23,2022)
THE LIFE THAT COULD BE YOURS (September 16, 2022)
GROWING IN GRACIOUSNESS (September 09, 2022)
WHEN OPPOSITES ATTRACT (September 02, 2022)
THE CHANGES YOU CAN’T SEE (August 26, 2022)
UNLIMITED (August 19, 2022)
JOURNEY TO JOY (August 12, 2022)
THE HIDDENNESS OF GRACE (August 05, 2022)
SLEEP LIKE A CHILD (July 29, 2022)
SPEAK QUIETLY TO ME (July 22, 2022)
AFTER THE FALL (July 15, 2022)
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