By Grace

Romans 3:23-26 ~ "For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, and are justified by His grace as a gift, through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus, whom God put forward as a propitiation by His blood to be received by faith. This was to show God's righteousness, because in His divine forbearance, He had passed over former sins." In the depths of my sin, when I was walking down the path of what I thought was the good life, God, by His grace, sought me out as a stranger, one alienated from God, brought me in, and called me His own. Being tossed to and fro from these crashing waves, and standing on the shaky and crumbling foundation, by grace Christ stepped into the storm and took me by the hand and set me on His firm foundation. By grace, God saved me and broke these shackles off my feet. By the grace of God, I am a walking, breathing, living testimony of what Christ has done in my life, from old to a new creation in Christ. By the grace of God, I can come only to His throne. I can come to Jesus and find rest that can only satisfy my soul, to come and drink the living water without price. (Matthew 11:28-30; Revelation 21:6) By grace and by faith, I know that when Jesus comes back, "He will wipe away every tear from our eyes, and there will be no more crying, no mourning, no more pain, for the former things have passed away." (Revelation 21:4) By the grace of God and by faith, I know that I have a citizenship that is in heaven. (Philippians 3:20) Praise be to God and God alone! Soli Deo Gloria!!