It flows steady, steady, always steady; it is deeper and stretches farther than the sea. If you took its expanse and spread it out, nice and neat, it would wrap every galaxy together a trillion times over, and then some. It will quake the Earth, startle the great oaks, fall the mightiest man full of pride humble to his knees.
This is His grace.It is stronger than the force needed to rip the Earth in half and it is more gentle than old lovers holding hands under the stars and it will drown you and it will carry you higher to places you have never been and this is the greatest mystery of the Gospel: that He would willingly shower this endless beauty on a race so unworthy.
He will bow to wash the feet of the murderous and will heal the deepest wounds gouged by time. On the worst of days He will wrap you in His arms and whisper truths into your ear until you can believe in your worth again. He will forgive and cleanse your soul of every hurt and wrong committed. His hands will make you new.
This is our Savior.
He is constant. He is the firm rock you can build your soul on and never worry once about the tsunami of life breaking you apart. His strong right hand holds yours and will never, ever, weaken His hold on you. He will walk with you in the dark, He will walk with you in the light.
This is His glory.
That He came and walked on the ground we trample, healed, saved. He lived, breathing our air. He taught and scolded and commanded and loved. He took nails to His flesh and bone, whips, drinking blood, salty tears, dripping sweat. Lungs collapsing, marrow tearing, flesh disappearing, IT IS FINISHED. Soul searching, saving, living.
This is His love.
The most magnificent, breathtaking, divine, enthralling, shocking, stunning, beautiful, captivating, sacrificial love that is completely obsessed with your heart.
He is King.
...this is the most beautiful thing I have read in a very long time. <3 wow. He gifted you to write this. It's perfect. It touched me so deeply.. it's something I will have to read over and over and just let it's goodness and truth sink in more and more.
ReplyDelete"On the worst of days He will wrap you in His arms and whisper truths into your ear until you can believe in your worth again." < that is so unbelievably beautiful. My heart needed that.
Thank you.
babe. like i can't even. this is something i so needed to read right now.
ReplyDeleteyou + your words are just amazing. write a book already.
this is just too beautiful, and yeah, please write a book. <3
ReplyDeletethank you, gracie. don't stop writing.
ReplyDeleteDear Grace,
ReplyDeleteI have not been this excited about discovering a blog for a long, long time. You have completely blown me away with your writing, your photography, your heart. Once I happened to stumble across your little space here, I couldn't stop until I read all of your posts, and then reread them. They are so lovely, so uplifting, inspiring, transporting. All I can do is thank you, again and again, for writing such lovely things, for putting it out there for us to appreciate and be inspired by. To be uplifted by.
The words in this post are beyond. And they are exactly what I've been needing lately. I still can't comprehend His grace, I still can't wrap my mind around it, when I look at my failings, my sin; I still can't wrap my mind around it on the best of days, when I feel accomplished. Because it doesn't waver from one day to another. Because nothing I do can change His love for me. And this is so hard for me to understand.
But your words really encouraged me. They uplifted me. And I thank you for that. They are so beautiful, so true.
"That He came and walked on the ground we trample, healed, saved. He lived, breathing our air. He taught and scolded and commanded and loved. He took nails to His flesh and bone, whips, drinking blood, salty tears, dripping sweat. Lungs collapsing, marrow tearing, flesh disappearing, IT IS FINISHED. Soul searching, saving, living.
This is His love."
Thank you, Grace, Thank you.
I think I shall be patiently (no not really, more like impatiently) waiting for another post from you.
Sincerely,
Rebekah W.