Grace and Love

Hey guys, first off, I’m so sorry I’ve abandoned y’all, I guess life can just get away from us.  There’s a song you guys need to check out, this post is basically inspired by it, Grace and love by Kutless http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zo-ND6msMU0

But anyways I was listening to my ipod while I was mowing, and that song came on (I haven’t heard all my music yet) and the words spoke to me. 

Many things in life are hard for me
Many things can pull us down
I don't understand why I do what I do
How could I take my eyes off you
After all You've done for me
And after all You've done for me

It's by Your grace and love I am saved
It's by Your grace and love You've forgiven me, hey
And by that love and grace, I'm amazed
It's by Your grace and love I am free
I am free

And it's by grace and love that I am free
I'll live with you eternally
I thank you Lord that I am free
I thank you Lord for loving me
I thank you Lord for dying upon the tree of Calvary
I thank you Lord for loving me
I thank you Lord for dying for me

Because it's by grace and love I am saved
It's by Your grace and love You've forgiven me, hey
And by that love and grace, I'm amazed
It's by Your grace and love I am free
I am free

Many things in life are hard for me
But by grace and love You've forgiven me
And by grace and love we are free

Why do we do what we do, we turn our backs on God and we sin, even while knowing what we do is sin, and knowing that our sins are what hurt Jesus more than the floggings or the crown of thorns or the crucifixion, our sins are what made him suffer; knowing that the humans who he loves so much are willing to spit in his face, and reject him and his will in their lives, even though that will is the best things that their lives could ever experience, and it would be so much better than anything they could do on their own. Think in your own live what’s the worst pain you’ve ever felt, was it a physical pain, or was it rejection, or someone making fun of you, or someone you trust betraying you, I don’t know about you, but being betrayed to me is a lot more lasting and painful than any injury I’ve ever had, and Jesus was betrayed and rejected more than you will ever even imagine being.  But the amazing thing is he still loved us.  In fact he loved us so much he willingly went through all that, he could have easily just left us on our own doomed to hell without his forgiving grace, without spilling his own eternal immortal blood to cover our sins.  But He LOVED us … HE LOVED… us, the ones who tortured him.  Think about it, he was human; he had all the feelings that we do, he felt the physical torcher, he felt the betrayal, and it crushed him.  Yet he loved us… wow isn’t his love and grace amazing. And it’s by his grace and love I am set free, I am no longer a slave to sin he freed me. He’s forgiven me; set me free and asked me to be his son… he adopted me.  Go back and think about it, forget the fact for a second that he is God, and just think about the fact that the very person who caused him the most pain, tortured him, he asked to be his son.  It's by His grace and love that I am free and will live with Him eternally.  Thank you Lord that I am free, thank you Lord for loving me, thank you Lord for dying upon the tree of Calvary, thank you Lord for loving me, thank you Lord for dying for me. 

Thank you, Jesus, for saving me.  Amen.