Devotion - Wednesday, August 21

"It is all about the grace thing," was the way Mary explained why her migration from various communities of faith lead her to LCM.  "Grace" was what met the need in her life; grace is what provided the handle by which she could come to understand God.

Perhaps you are already repeating in your head the words to the hymn "Amazing Grace."  I have a cross-stitched wall hanging of those words near where I say my morning prayers.  It was a gift from another member of our community, someone on the other end of the age spectrum.  I wondered, when she gave it to me, how her arthritic fingers could make the small stitches.  "God's grace," was her reply.

The devotional guide I use included an opening prayer which acknowledged the grace by which God has given his only Son.  It goes on to ask that God would "also give us grace (to) daily follow in his way."

Grace gives us the handle we need come to understand God; grace gives us the ability to listen to Jesus and to follow him.

It is all about the grace.

Welcome back!  I have missed you.  It is much easier for me to see and experience God's grace when given the opportunity to observe it in your lives.