amazing grace...
Wednesday, July 25, 2007
Have you any idea of the extent of God’s grace?
Look closely at your life;
Explore the dark places,
The secret aspects that are far from sorted…
Your attitudes
Your thoughts
Your desires
Your words
Your actions.
And yet, know this:
Though the secret places are not hidden to God
God accepts you just the way you are.
God loves you!
Amazing grace, how sweet the sound…
Our story is one of unbelievable grace.
Why then is it so often proclaimed with anything but grace?
Why does our concern for truth and holiness
lead us into judgement and condemnation of others?
Why have we been so blind to the point of it all?
What was it Jesus said again?
"As I have loved you…"
Look closely at your life;
Explore the dark places,
The secret aspects that are far from sorted…
Your attitudes
Your thoughts
Your desires
Your words
Your actions.
And yet, know this:
Though the secret places are not hidden to God
God accepts you just the way you are.
God loves you!
Amazing grace, how sweet the sound…
Our story is one of unbelievable grace.
Why then is it so often proclaimed with anything but grace?
Why does our concern for truth and holiness
lead us into judgement and condemnation of others?
Why have we been so blind to the point of it all?
What was it Jesus said again?
"As I have loved you…"
Labels: worship
I'm Malcolm Chamberlain
from Liverpool, United Kingdom
. I'm married with two young children and, in addition to Liverpool, have lived in Leicester (for the first 18 years of my life), York, Peshawar (Pakistan), Oxford and Walsall. I've been actively involved in the emerging church since 2001, as a founding member of Dream in Liverpool City, and coordinator of the Dream network. I'm currently engaged in research into emerging missional communities, and work as a parish priest and pioneer minister.
