Used Q-Tip
A used Q-Tip. That is the message I have ingested with great zeal. The world would say that I am a used Q-Tip. I have been dipped into the inner recesses of the worlds ear, have made attempts at cleaning up the muck, but have failed by standards that do not exist, and thus am discarded. The world would say.
The world would say that this is the end of the story, tragic and filled with despair: "Tis sad, no grace can save him now, he may try to relive his usefulness, but no grace can revive him now."
The world would say.
Who gave the world quotable potency? Surely not God, but I. I have given the creation a power, a place of authority that belongs to none other than the creator. While the world would say that I am hopeless and find no other place but in rubbish , the Lord would say "come unto me all who have been considered rubbish and I will show you grace", "My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness."(2 Cor 12:9)
Grace: I don't understand it, but then if I did it wouldn't be grace, but a surefire crutch to which I could put in my closet and use at my pleasure. Mercy: I don't deserve it, but then if I did then it wouldn't be mercy, it would be something that I have earned, a right or privilege.
The Lord would say: "I love you, and regardless of what you or anyone would say, I love you. My grace is enough to make you what I know you are. My grace covers you and makes you righteous. My love covers your sins. It not only pushes them aside, they are covered, by my sacrifice. I love you, and my love never fails."
God is not watching over us to ensure we keep in step with his plan. He is not watching over us to keep track of the measure of blessings and curses to pour down. He is watching over us to keep his gaze upon us, to ensure that grace is always available, to keep true to his word that he will never forsake us. He watches over us with love, and longs for us not to love him, but for us to know that he loves us. God doesn't need you or I for anything. He surely doesn't need our love to survive or to be worthy. He desires us to love him, but what he desires more than anything is for us to know he loves us.
Thus the inaugural step to life through grace is taken.
The world would say that this is the end of the story, tragic and filled with despair: "Tis sad, no grace can save him now, he may try to relive his usefulness, but no grace can revive him now."
The world would say.
Who gave the world quotable potency? Surely not God, but I. I have given the creation a power, a place of authority that belongs to none other than the creator. While the world would say that I am hopeless and find no other place but in rubbish , the Lord would say "come unto me all who have been considered rubbish and I will show you grace", "My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness."(2 Cor 12:9)
Grace: I don't understand it, but then if I did it wouldn't be grace, but a surefire crutch to which I could put in my closet and use at my pleasure. Mercy: I don't deserve it, but then if I did then it wouldn't be mercy, it would be something that I have earned, a right or privilege.
The Lord would say: "I love you, and regardless of what you or anyone would say, I love you. My grace is enough to make you what I know you are. My grace covers you and makes you righteous. My love covers your sins. It not only pushes them aside, they are covered, by my sacrifice. I love you, and my love never fails."
God is not watching over us to ensure we keep in step with his plan. He is not watching over us to keep track of the measure of blessings and curses to pour down. He is watching over us to keep his gaze upon us, to ensure that grace is always available, to keep true to his word that he will never forsake us. He watches over us with love, and longs for us not to love him, but for us to know that he loves us. God doesn't need you or I for anything. He surely doesn't need our love to survive or to be worthy. He desires us to love him, but what he desires more than anything is for us to know he loves us.
Thus the inaugural step to life through grace is taken.
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