grace has appeared

Opening Prayer: New every morning is your love, great God of light, and all day long you are working for good in your world.  Stir up in us the desire to serve you and to devote each day to your Son, or Savior Jesus.  We praise you with joy, loving God, for your grace is better than life itself.  Once again you have sustained us through the darkness and blessed us with life in this new day.  Satisfy us in the morning with your unfailing love, that we may sing for joy and be glad all our days.  In your tender compassion the morning sun has once again risen upon us, to shine on us in our darkness and to guide our feet into the paths of peace.  For this and your many mercies, we give you thanks.  Amen.

Scripture: Titus 2:11

Journal: How has God’s grace appeared in your life recently?  How is it doing a work within you?  How is he asking you to show grace to those in your life and world?

Reflection:

          grace

i was not looking for it

nor was i expecting it

yet there it was

it just appeared

right out of the blue

it took me by surprise

and filled me with delight

grace had appeared

it just showed up

on my doorstep

uninvited

and now has

taken up residence

within me

that is the nature of grace

it just appears

that's what it does

it can't be

commanded or controlled

it can't be

manipulated or manufactured

it can only be

given and then received

it can only be

conceived and then born

within us

all we can do

is be open and hopeful

willing to let grace

have its way with us

whenever and wherever

it chooses to appear

Prayer

Closing Prayer: Show us your grace, O God, that we might show it to others.  Amen.