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Thursday, June 11, 2009

Grace...God's good, good, good grace

So, this afternooon I've been listening to different music, making chord sheets for some and just listening to other stuff. I bought Hillsong's latest record, This Is Our God, which is absolutely incredible. There's hardly a song on the entire album that does not impress me.

On that record is a song called Where We Belong. There's a line in the chorus that says "Your grace beyond reason has paid for our freedom." When I actually comprehended what the words were saying, I was floored. This is so true. Not only did God free us through his grace, but he did it beyond reason, because of his unending love for us. It's amazing, the love God has for us. In my experience, I feel that I've only gotten a taste of his love. I can't wait to experience the full thing that we will see that one, glorious day.

This brings me back to another song entitled, How He Loves, written by John Mark McMillan. There's a line in this song that says, "if grace is an ocean, we're all sinking." This metaphor gives a great depiction of God's grace for us and how great it is. God has shown us enough grace to resemble the oceans in size. And not only is his grace an ocean but we're all sinking in it. We can't even stay afloat in its greatness. It's hard to imagine, but these metaphors are so accurate and true.

One more song that reflects that great grace of our God. Let it Go by Kirk Franklin. This afternoon, I watched a video where he performed this song at some awards show, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wJ4uWwZMq5M and then I watched the actual music video, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6pngBZQpUPI . It's a story of a kid who grew up with a rough life, emotionally, physically, and spiritually among others. But, the whole testimony of the song shows how God's grace is good enough to free this guy from the addiction, the guilt, the pain, and allows him to live with joy today. Man, it's so good to hear these stories.

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