Divine living grace
swirling around us, watching us
as a Father with a child
playing out in the field
Waiting, watching, hoping
that the child would run back to Him
that they would fall safely in his loving arms
That we would turn from the world,
back to relationship with him
A loving God, desiring our faith
our wanting to be close to him
Longing for our turning
away from our earthly wills
to His grace, to His love for us
proven, made possible,
by the sorrow of Calvary
the joy of Easter morning
and the birthing on Pentecost
Grace in the accepting,
in the conversion, the turning,
in the repentant heart, changing
seeing the failures, the sins,
the wrongness of human designs
Saying yes to the offer, the gift, the sacrifice,
relationship once more with the Creator,
sitting at the table with Christ, God, Emmanuel,
sharing the cup with the Savior, being one
with the divine, as best we can
in that moment of saving
changed forevermore, in that instant
Not by our works, never by our deeds
We fail, as all the people have failed
We need to grace, the gift, the sacrifice
of the cross, the blessing of Easter
to be brought home, by our opening the gift
and letting him into our hearts
Moving out into the world,
Growing, living, acting out
the grace, the faith that lives within us
in piety, through study, by action
a natural response to the grace so freely given
Whether we have to go back to the start,
to the grace waiting for us
before we know about it
when we stumble, and we will,
knowing God will bless us
with his grace again and again
always ready for us to come home
always eager for us to want relationship
to grow in our faith, to share his love
to the whole world, to all the earth
to journey as his children, as heirs with Christ
ever seeking perfection,
grace at the end of our lives
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edited November 25, 2014
Three Graces of God – v2
November 25, 2014
Three Graces of God
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merger of original graces poems:
May 1, 2008
Prevenient Grace
May 1, 2008
Justifying Grace
May 1, 2008
Sanctifying Grace
Walk to Emmaus
&
Prayers for
the Women’s Walk to Emmaus
Crossroads
Walk to Emmaus of New England
Walk to Emmaus
Luke 24:13-35
grace
love
Luke 15:11-32
Prodigal Son
Mark 10:17-31
The Parable of
the Rich Man
(same template
from 11/4/2012)
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