Of the grace that is greater than all my sin My story, like that of the song My Story, is infused and bubbles over with a love that has altered my life forever… For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them. And this is not your own doing it is the gift of God, not a result of works, so that no one may boast. For by grace you have been saved through faith. …and raised us up with him and seated us with him in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus, so that in the coming ages he might show the immeasurable riches of his grace in kindness toward us in Christ Jesus. Photo Credit: īut God, being rich in mercy, because of His great love with which He loved us, even when we were dead in our transgressions, made us alive together with Christ (by grace you have been saved). He was there all along…and He didn’t give up on us. A love that I recognized was present with me even, especially, in the years of hard. A God-love, an other-world kind of love that pulled me close…closer than even the tender protective hug of my sweet mama. It was then that something new and yet strangely familiar came to me…still a little girl. This was an altogether different experience for us, and it was among those people that I was introduced to God. Not long after that, we were welcomed into a circle of neighbors who invited us to their church. Then my step-dad entered our lives, and I understood the love of a father for the first time. She loved us fiercely and cared for us alone…for what seemed a forever, for a child. My mother was beautiful in every way a child could understand. I was second of four children, the only girl. If I told you my story it would include the bewilderment of a little girl abandoned by her daddy while still at home with us. Even our failures and missed opportunities become priceless threads in the finished texture of a life. There is actually very little “chance” involved. Mike Weaver, of the band Big Daddy Weave, and Jason Ingram have written this beautiful song My Story that illustrates something of how our story gets woven across time. Stories of people’s lives are so fascinating – the journey itself, the intersections of chance and providence, the losses and gains, and all the faces…all the faces and places along the way.
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