Life Plan Devotion #232 [Grace]

Jun 13, 2010

  Hi, Everyone. It's a marvelous Monday here in Kansas...cloudy and stormy, but there is sunshine (Sonshine) and peace in my heart. Thirty-nine years ago yesterday, I was raped, and while June 13th has been a very difficult day, in the past, this year, it was a day where I contemplated and was, once again, amazed by God's grace in my life. 
Please pray for all those having surgery today, all those recovering from surgery, and for those who have yet to experience God's amazing grace.
Blessings,
Mary 

Life Plan Devotion #232 [Grace]

     In asking the Lord what He wanted to share next, I "heard" the word "grace." Grace--it's more than a short prayer before a meal. Webster's defines grace (in part) as "the freely given, unmerited favor and love of God." Grace is God giving us what we do not deserve. Webster's also defines grace as "the influence or Spirit of God operating in humans." Think about that. Isn't that amazing?
     For the next few days, we will look at "grace," the grace given to us and the grace that can be lived out through us, and how both can be accomplished. For today, enjoy listening to one of my favorite songs, Were It Not for Grace, made famous by Larnelle Harris but, here, sung by Sandi Slye. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a-X7FoXIuu4&feature=related

Were It Not for Grace 
Words & Music by David Hamilton & Phill McHugh, 1997

Time measured out my days
Life carried me along
In my soul I yearned to follow God
But knew I'd never be so strong
I looked hard at this world
To learn how heaven could be gained
Just to end where I began
Where human effort is all in vain

Chorus
Were it not for grace
I can tell you where I'd be
Wandering down some mindless road to nowhere
With my salvation up to me
I know how that would go
The battles I would face
Forever running but losing the race
Were it not for grace

So here is all my praise
Expressed with all my heart
Offered to the Friend who took my place
And ran a course I could not start
And when He saw in full
Just how much His love would cost
He still went the final mile between me and heaven
So I would not be lost

Chorus repeated

Forever running but losing the race
Were it not for grace.

What this has to do with weight loss: Having weight-loss surgery was a tangible evidence of God's grace in my life, so I must protect and preserve its benefits in my body. How about you?

Prayer for Today:
"Heavenly Father, I thank You for Your amazing grace to me. As I go about my day, may I ponder all that Your grace has given to me, even though I deserve none of it, and may Your grace be evidenced in my life, in the way I walk and talk. In Jesus' Name. Amen."

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