His Amazing Grace

Here's some food for thought. This is taken from Rhonda Lowry whose husband is the President of Lipscomb University. She is talking about grace. And within that huge topic she made this application:

We can't control grace, so we tend to stay away from it. Why don't we just stop and let it come to us?

God works out of our nothingness. Think about some times when this was the case. Three empty wombs. Nothingness. Out of the nothingness of Sarah's womb God brought his beloved nation. Out of Elizabeth's nothingness he brought the one who would prepare this nation for their Messiah. And his greatest work of all came from the virgin womb of Mary. It's all about Him. Not anything they did.

Silence and solitude are what brings us closer to God. Not our busyness for Him or our words to Him. It comes by listening to Him and spending time with Him. No Bible, no journal or pen. Just a question or two to ask Him, and then sit and listen and wait.

The way we see grace is not to love the gift but the giver. Being absolutely in love with Jesus Christ. Abiding in Him and being continually mindful of His presence in our daily ordinary lives.