Saturday, September 8, 2012

GRUMBLE

Whenever and wherever God is working and doing great things -- whenever and wherever grace is being poured out -- people grumble.

Is there a person who, if God saved them and forgave them and showered mercy on them tomorrow, it would cause you to grumble?

Really?

What about the one who abused you, the one who ripped you off, the one who hurt you, the one who betrayed you, the who cheated you, the who divorced you, the one who lied about you, the one who talked about you behind your back, the one who ruined your reputation?

Who would it be, that if God loved them and saved them tomorrow, you'd be grumbling and suspicious?

'That God would call any of us and love any of us and forgive any of us, that's a miracle.'

In the sight of God, we're all guilty.  That God would call any of us and love any of us and forgive any of us, that's a miracle.  And at any point that we struggle when God loves and seeks and saves someone else, we're saying, 'I deserved salvation and mercy and leniency, but they don't.'

And we have missed the Gospel of grace.

And be blessed.

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