Tuesday, April 26, 2016

Dear God,

Teach us to follow grace for there is no better way to live life than with and through grace.  Your son said "forgive them" on the cross.  Grace is nothing less than love, mercy, and forgiveness.

How do we ever turn our lives around without grace?  How do we ever make sense of the world without grace?  How do we ever change our relationships without grace?

I suppose we begin with receiving your grace for us.  All those times we messed up, when we failed, when we made mistakes, when we resisted the truth, and when we simply wanted to do our own thing regardless, we are aware we need grace.  In truth we want to clean up our lives.  We want to rid ourselves of those things that weigh us down.  We want to surrender thoughts and feelings that keep us stuck.  We want grace to help us find our way home.

When we open our eyes, minds, and souls to you, we recognize the value of grace to renew, restore, and revitalize us.  Not only that we know how we are to impart grace to others simply trying to find their own way.  Show us the way, the Lord, please show us the way.

Holy God,
giver of truth,
grace, and hope,
lead us
to you.
Show us
the way
to renewal,
restoration,
and revitalization.
Let your grace
do its work
on us
so we can
be grace-givers
to others.

Love, Andrea