My Lovely Genesis

?For by grace you have been saved through faith; and that not of yourselves, it is the gift of God;?

-Eph. 2:8 NASB 

?My chains are gone

I?ve been set free

My God, my Savior has ransomed me

And like a flood His mercy reigns

Unending love, Amazing grace?

Grace. I was trying to fall asleep several minutes ago and was listening to the song above on my ipod. Do I truly know what grace is? If so, how is it reflecting in my life? How is it reflecting in the lives of my friends whom I know are Christians? These questions kept flooding my mind. I have heard this song many times, and I have much love for Chris Tomlin (if he wasn?t some 15+ years older than me I would definitely marry the guy?.kidding), but this time God used the song to speak to me in much bigger ways. I am free under grace. I am no longer subject to the sin that enslaves me. So why don?t I live like that? God removed those chains, I no longer have to bear their weight and burden. I have accepted His wonderful gift of salvation, but have I truly accepted His gift of grace? Why live in my habitual, daily, ongoing sin, Instead why not live under His amazing, freeing, never ending grace?

These thoughts lead to more thoughts about not just myself, but others around me.  What would happen if all of the people around me started living under grace? Would that change the way we act around others? Would it change our want to spread the gospel so others could know of this amazing grace?

Tonight I saw it really clearly. And for me to get something God pretty much has to write it out in huge neon letters. Its like a gift setting there for my taking but I have yet to receive it.  Maybe this is a new thing for me and it may not be for others??.  But yeah, okay, that is all I have. Wow, that took a whole lot of energy out of me. Maybe now I can sleep.

Until then?..living under His amazing grace.