Book Giveaway, Day Nine

Photo courtesy Erik Thorson copyright 2012

 ...but where sin increased, 

grace abounded all the more.

Romans 5:20

Yesterday got away from me in a big way. Since I didn't get a chance to post, today I'm especially grateful for the gift of grace.

As humans, we just don't cut it. We stumble, fall, and skin our soulknees in endless ways every day.  We're so prone to missing the mark that it's a hallmark of our old nature:

If we say we have no sin, 

we are deceiving ourselves and the truth is not in us.

1 John 1:8

Because God is so much greater than we are, the mark of holiness is an impossible one to hit. It's not just a matter of following all the spiritual laws and staying out of trouble. It's all about the heart attitude. The sins of omission are as odious to God as the sins of commission:

 

Therefore, to one who knows the right thing to do and does not do it,

to him it is sin.

James 4:17

Who can hit a target like that? Meeting God's requirements for citizenship in His kingdom is a lost cause.

That's why grace is so amazing. Grace is God loving us in our lostness. It's the gift of a king who would leave His palace to deliver the dying. It's the magnificent cleansing that covers our poverty and ushers us to the table of abundance. 

It's undeserved, unequivocal, incomprehensible, unconditional acceptance.

Now we're free, really and completely free, to serve our Father with joy. Hallelujah!

Don't forget to enter the giveaway for a free, hardcover copy of Song in the Night. There are four ways to enter the book giveaway:  leave me a comment,  "like" us on Facebook SongInTheNight.net  become a member of this blog, or send me an e-mail at thesong2008@live.com.

Song in the Night is the true account of our son's devastating spinal cord injury in 1997, the fight to keep the doctor from pulling the plug, and God's subsequent miraculous work in our lives. You will be encouraged and inspired by our story.