Grace
is something you can never get but only be given.
There's no way to earn it or deserve it or bring it about
any more than you can deserve the taste of raspberries and
cream or earn good looks or bring about your own birth.
A good night sleep is grace and so are good
dreams. Most
tears are grace. The smell of rain is grace. Somebody
loving
you is grace. Have you ever tried to love somebody? .
. .
The grace of God means something like: Here is
your life.
You might never have been, but you are because the party
wouldn't have been complete without you. Here is the world.
Beautiful and terrible things will happen. Don't be
afraid. I
am with you. Nothing can ever separate us. It's for you I
created the universe. I love you.
There's only one catch. Like any other gift,
the gift of
grace can be yours only if you'll reach out and take it.
Maybe being able to reach out and take it is a gift,
too.
Frederick Buechner
http://livinglifefully.com/grace.htm
No comments:
Post a Comment