It’s All About Grace

[Chorus] Come home, come home Ye who are weary, come home… Earnestly tenderly Jesus is calling, Calling oh sinner come home…

2.  All for a wonderful love He has promised… Promised for you, and for me…Though we have sinned he has mercy and pardon…Pardon for you and for me.”

I would sing the song and my little heart would be drawn to the master! So I went forward repented of all my 6 years of sinning and at 8/9 years old I was baptized in a little creek. I was home!

There have been many trials and testing’s throughout the years but God has always been in my heart! It takes Grace to live this life. Grace for death and grace for living.

“Amazing Grace, how sweet the sound, that saved a wretch like me, I once was lost but now I’m found was blind but now I see.”

I sang Amazing Grace, at my grandfather’s funeral many years ago. It’s a classic and has been sung throughout the ages, it’s an anthem for the Christian walk. But have you ever really thought about what Grace means? It’s God’s unmerited favor!!!!!” We can’t earn it and we can’t buy it. It was Gods free gift to mankind.

Without Grace there would be no pardon of sin. Grace says, you’re forgiven. It says you can bare the pain. It says you’re not alone. It says I am with you always. Grace says there’s nothing you can do to be worthy enough, and it says, you don’t have to bare the sorrow all by yourself. Jesus said, “My grace is sufficient for you!”

When your heart is humble before your heavenly father and you’re torn with grief and burdened with an overload of circumstances that seem insurmountable…God gives His grace, His unmerited favor, all you have to do is accept it! And oh the peace that passes understanding that will come flooding into your soul. It’s like standing on the edge of a cliff, looking down the steep slope, wanting to jump, and thinking no ones cares, there’s no one to help…but in a flash God’s Grace swoops you up and carries you to safety. God’s arms wrap around you and hold you securely with no fear, no doubt and no despair. Yes the Grace of God is His free gift, all you have to do is embrace it!  His peace will give you rest and hope in every circumstance and lead you all the way home!

It is Grace through Faith in the Lord Jesus Christ who gave us everything and bought us back from sin and death and He will take us through everything in this life and the life to come. Accept His Grace, His free gift to you right now. Amen.

~Marla Shaw O’Neill 8/9/2013

God saved you by his grace when you believed. And you can’t take credit for this; it is a gift from God. Salvation is not a reward for the good things we have done, so none of us can boast about it. Ephesians 2:8-9 New Living Translation (NLT)

But he said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly of my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may rest upon me. 2 Corinthians 12:9 English Standard Version (ESV)