Grace Thoughts

Precious Jesus, Your love is streaming From Your wounds that bled for me. Your blood was shed to buy my pardon; Your love endures and sets me free. •   •   •   • For long was I chained in death's dark prison Serving sin and Satan's cause Till mercy reached down to me in Jesus Transformed my heart by grace's matchless laws. Only Jesus! Now and forever! Only Jesus fills my soul! Only Jesus by grace has saved me! Only Jesus has made me whole! •   •   •   • Only Jesus! His name my anthem! Only Jesus! My sinful heart's cure! Only Jesus! My light in darkness! Only Jesus! My hope secure! Precious Jesus, Your glory's shining Brilliantly from wounds of grace As You stand in glorious splendor You plead for me and sustain my faith. •   •   •   • From death's dark prison You rose the Victor ALIVE! Now death has lost its sting! ALIVE! Now sin has been defeated! ALIVE! Now rescued sinners sha

The morning is new as I meet it again And waiting for me is the mess without end And over and over and over again I kneel in the mess, my little ones to attend. For I've three little lambs who are crying again With hurts that cascade and fears that descend; And over and over and over again My love meets these lambs in their mess to transcend. •   •   •   • Reaching past the tears and the mess that is seen To touch little hearts once again With whispers of mercy and tidings of joy Of life everlasting in the end. And over and over and over again Christ's love is proclaimed to the lambs that I tend Lord, Your new morning mercies meet me again As I wait for you here in the mess that I'm in And over and over and over again You kneel in this mama's mess to rescue my heart from sin. •   •   •   • For I, Your helpless lamb, am crying again With a heart full of hurt from fears lying din; And over and over and over ag

Wandering through desert lands On the path carved in stone. The way seems desolate As I walk here alone And over and over again I find,  This road leads back to the same broken place where I hide. I wonder, when will this road lead to you? When will my wandering in desert lands be through? When will I see you face to face? When will I stop hiding in this broken place? A sweet, gentle breeze whispers my name: "Child, look up and see the crimson rays Of the Son's wondrous glory Shining on every step of your story You are not lost in a dry desert land You are simply walking the path in my hand. And that path shall always lead you to the place you can hide, The broken place is for you to rest and abide In my mercy and grace for my wounds are your healing. You may not understand all I'm revealing In the tiny moments of your days, But know that you are never out of my gaze. What you think is wandering on an end

"For God's will was for us to be made holy by the. sacrifice of the body of Jesus Christ, once for all time." ~Hebrews 10:10 "But our High Priest offered himself to God as a single sacrifice for sins, good for all time. Then he sat down in the place of honor at God's right hand. For by that one offering he forever made perfect those who are being made holy." ~Hebrews 10:12,14 White Clover "And so, dear brothers and sisters, we can boldly enter heaven’s Most Holy Place because of the blood of Jesus." ~Hebrews 10:19  Black-headed Worm "By his death, Jesus opened a new and life-giving way through the curtain into the Most Holy Place." ~Hebrews 10:20  Gray Field Slug "And since we have a great High Priest who rules over God’s house, let us go right into the presence of God with sincere hearts fully trusting him. For our guilty consciences have been sprinkled with Chr

"O LORD, my heart is not lifted up; my eyes are not raised too high; I do not occupy myself with things too great and too marvelous for me... Wild Lily ...but I have calmed and quieted my soul, like a weaned child with its mother; liked a weaned child is my soul within me... Bumblebee in the Clover ...O Israel, hope in the LORD from this time forth and forevermore." ~Psslm 131 Gray Field Slug "Consequently, [Jesus] is able to save to the uttermost those who draw near to God through Him... ...since He always lives to make intercession for them." ~Hebrews 7:25 "And just as it is appointed for man to die once, and after that comes judgement, so Christ, having been offered once to bear the sins of many... Butterfly Bush ...will appear a second time, not to deal with sin but to save those who are eagerly waiting for Him." ~Hebrews 9:27-28 Carpenter Bee Tiny, teeny flies with golden bod