~God's Grace~

One of Dad's favorite songs has these words: His grace and mercy has brought me through. I'm living this moment because of you. I want to thank you and praise you too. For your grace and mercy has brought me through.

I have been thinking a lot about God grace the last week. Grace is God's free, unmerited, undeserved love and favor for each and every one of us. It is there for us, all we have to do is ask.

The other evening it was snowing and I actually got to take a nap because my husband was home and 2 of the boys were napping. I had one of those dreams that I would have loved to just kept sleeping so it would last longer. I was dreaming that I was in a church service, dad was preaching and had asked for the church to come to the front and no one moved at first. Then he begged saying, 'Please don't make me ask again. Come on.' It was like I couldn't get there fast enough and right when I walked by Dad the power of God fell on me and on Dad at the same time, it was awesome. Words can't describe it. Right after that I woke up and I was humming a song that I only knew 2 words of, so I had to look it up. This is the song:

I was in prison, locked up in chains

sin held me captive to sorrow and pain,

years of frustrations as love passed me by

Until the Master heard my hearts cry

For grace marvelous grace,

I needed grace to pardon and make me whole

grace marvelous grace flows from above

with infinite love marvelous grace

I was downhearted I was broken inside

praying for mercy with no where to hide,

there was a solace searching for me

grace ever flowing that set my soul free

For grace marvelous grace

I needed grace to pardon and make me whole

grace marvelous grace flows from above

with infinite love marvelous grace

I am forgiven

I am redeemed

A brand new creation

He saved me and gave me a reason to sing

Grace, Grace God's Grace grace that will pardon and cleanse within

Grace, Grace God's Grace grace that is greater than all our sins

For Grace marvelous grace flows from above with infinite love Marvelous Grace

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John 1:10-17

He was in the world, and the world was made by him, and the world knew him not. He came unto his own, and his own received him not. But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name: which were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God. And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth.

John bare witness of him, and cried, saying, This was he of whom I spake, He that cometh after me is preferred before me: for he was before me. And of his fullness have all we received, and grace for grace. For the law was given by Moses, but grace and truth came by Jesus Christ.