Grace Thoughts

I search the darkest pools of night, For a beam of glorious light. As my soul waits in faith to see, A fragment of Your love for me. .    .    .    .    . I wait and wait and wait in vain For light to shine and love to gain. Tear filled eyes meet the earth's cold touch As doubts and fears hold me in their clutch. .    .    .    .    . Yet Grace and Truth whisper in the breeze: "Should not God's promises you seize? In this moment of faltering faith, Lean all the more upon His grace." .    .    .    .    . I listen deep and tremble more And gaze into the sky---I had before. Deepest darkness meets my eyes Swallowing up my tear filled cries. .    .    .    .    . Truth and Grace whisper once again, "Take heart, the darkness is not dark to Him. If you could gather up the night's dark folds, And hide yourself in its darkest holds; Or j...

  “My soul magnifies the Lord,  And my spirit rejoices in God my Savior,  For he has looked on the HUMBLE ESTATE of his servant.     For behold, from now on all generations will call me BLESSED; For he who is mighty has done great things for me,     And holy is his name. And his mercy is for those who fear him     From generation to generation. He has shown strength with his arm;     He has scattered the proud in the thoughts of their hearts; He has brought down the mighty from their thrones     And exalted those of humble estate; He has filled the hungry with good things,     And the rich he has sent away empty. He has helped his servant Israel,     In remembrance of his mercy,  As he spoke to our fathers,     To Abraham and to his offspring forever.” (Luke 1:46-55) Sisters, these are the words of a young woman whose heart was filled with awe and wonder at God's amazing GRACE. This is Ma...

 

Love is a pathway etched in the heart Carved by the hands scarred to impart, The message of mercy in acts and in words; The good news of grace that no one deserves. •    •    •    •    • Love is the choice of one heart to draw near To another without living in dread of any fear, For the cost of the closeness is willingly paid With the joy of Heaven's coming being the trade. •    •    •    •    • Love is obedience to take up one's cross To walk in the steps of sacrifice and loss, For the sake of pointing one broken soul To the Savior who alone can heal and make whole. • • • • • Love is the whispered prayers through the day That yield no seen fruit but are whispered anyway Like seeds that are planted in darkness and death So each prayer that is spoken is love's abiding breath. • • • • • Love is the road that leads to the joy Of knowing the One who came as a boy The boy in the manger tha...

  Power unmeasured and beauty untold; Infinite wisdom and grace. Do you not know? And have you not heard? The Almighty God died in our place. •   •   • He sat enthroned in Heaven above; He called all the stars by name. Yet in wondrous meekness and powerful love, To the world He created, He came. •   •   • Hidden in darkness in Mary's womb, He was holding the world by His might. Born to give life through death and the tomb, To the darkness He came as the Light. •   •   • The Alpha and Omega; the Beginning and End; The Son of Righteousness with healing in His wings. Born in a stable as the Lamb of God, This was Jesus the King of kings. •   •   • The Sovereign Ruler---the Creator of all The God who is mighty to save, Came to the shepherds with good news of great joy, For Jesus came to earth to conquer the grave. •   •   • Glorious majesty! Wrapped in wondrous humility! In the manger,...

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! A...