i don't know if you're like me, but it sure seems that things or ideas pop up in my life in various places in groupings. hmmmm - that may be the most confusing sentence ever written, so allow me to explain: when i learn about subject 'a' in place 1, the chances are that i will also hear about subject 'a' in place 2 and sometimes even place 3 or place 4. now, it could be that i notice these things because that is how my brain works - analytically in groupings and comparisons OR because the Lord knows that i need repetition to really get His point - like, yesterday's theme was saul/paul's conversion, which came up in three totally separate instances...
well, today's theme is what i've chosen to write about: grace. one of the websites i usually check out semi regularly is decapolis (as well as espn, bbc africa, desiring God, the pirates, only bucs forum and manchild insider) (oh, and i guess jjhuddle during high school football season and cbd when i'm looking for a book). ANYWAY, today on decapolis, they had a link to the new video by the almost. when i saw it, i remembered that the lead singer was in underOath as well, but i couldn't remember his name... so i headed to wikipedia (or the W as david crowder refers to it - i guess i go there quite a bit, too).
well, after reading the article (and remembering that his name is aaron gilespie), i went to their myspace page to listen to the song "say this sooner" which i was trying to remember if i'd heard. i wound up also listening to the song "amazing, because it is" which was seeming really catchy. then it bursts into the words from "amazing grace," and the title just totally made sense. haha - we sing AMAZING grace, because God's grace IS amazing! He saved a WRETCH like me...
so then i went to my Bible reading for the day - james 4 - and it was talking about our sinfulness and worldliness and how "friendship with the world is enmity with God." the turning point? verse 6 "but he gives us more grace."!!!!! to the humble... to those who recognize their hopeless, desperate, needy situation.
then today's prayer for the quiz team - from ephesians 3 - that "out of his GLORIOUS RICHES he would strengthen you" - and i was reminded of studying chapter 1 yesterday and remembered that those "glorious riches" are the "riches of God's grace." (eph. 1:6-8)
praise God - His grace IS amazing and i am desperately in need of it!
...sistrina - i think this is a sufficient number of links.... jenn franks - this covers the whole question of a song that sums me up right now ;)
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You have indeed made me proud with the number of links. My next request however is that you change your link color to a slightly lighter shade, because in my dim little apartment, the light is playing tricks on my eyes, and I can't quite tell which are links and which aren't... And I think the song that sums you up is "Ma nuh ma nuh..." because you should have cool theme music wherever you go...
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