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Wednesday, 28 May 2008 |
Charis (grace) is defined as a favor done without expectation of return. Grace is God expressing His loving kindness to the world motivated only by His benevolent giving nature – unearned and certainly unmerited! What a beautiful truth that: “we are saved by grace.” There is no salvation without this expression of God, but more – there’s no beauty, no joy, no depth found in living without our Father’s wonderful grace! I have found no better word than “amazing” to describe it. Is it any wonder that one of the most effective human pictures of this strictly divine attribute is seen in the life of a loving mother?
Mom encapsulates the many definitions of grace. She pours out her love freely without reserve. She aches for the good of her children, giving more energy than she could possibly possess so that they might dwell in safety and blessings. She is elegant in her giving, untiring in her teaching, firm, yet gentle with her touch, ever ready to welcome back even the most wayward among us – she is without a doubt a beautiful and effective picture of God’s grace!
Thanks mom for the whelps and the hugs. For the energy, the youth and passion freely given. For all that you poured out so that we might receive the bounty! Most of all we thank you for pointing us, with your very life, toward the Author of grace.
Happy Mother’s Day!
– Dale
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Wednesday, 28 May 2008 |
People have a hard time with things they don’t understand, right? Duh! We’re all raised with the belief that the world is flat and when somebody comes along with the audacity to suggest that it’s round . . . well, in the words of a picante commercial: “Get a rope!” Matthew points out in his gospel account that Jesus was just a little bit different, and that made people nervous to the point of being ill mannered. “We want You to act this way, Jesus,” but He of course wouldn’t change who He was. Jesus went right on eating and drinking and associating with unclean people like tax collectors and the many broken people found on every street corner. He tried His best to help people “get it” by telling them that it’s the sick that need a physician or the lost that need pursuing – but you know flat-landers!
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Wednesday, 28 May 2008 |
“Will a man rob God? Yet you rob Me. But you ask, ‘How do we rob You?’ In tithes and offerings. You are under a curse – the whole nation of you – because you are robbing Me.
Bring the whole tithe into the storehouse, that there may be food in my house. ‘Test me in this,’ says the Lord Almighty, ‘and see if I will not throw open the floodgates of heaven and pour out so much blessing that you will not have room enough for it.’” (Malachi 3:8-10 NIV)
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