Infinite Wisdom, coming through me.
Amazing Grace, can you see the glory?
I feel the Grace within you .. within me.
These words should fill the book of our heart, so that in quite moments when we look back across the years of our life, we can say, "I am filled with grace for who I am now, in this moment. For who I have grown to be, now, in this moment. For who I am is a result of what I have done before."
With this loving thought, take a look in the mirror and honor your life and the lives of those you have touched. Remember too the dark moments and be kind to them as well. Find compassion for the dark moments and yourself while engulfed in that darkness. And think, "I am love, and I am worthy of loving myself, no matter what I have done."
This simple act brings forgiveness, because whatever you may think of yourself, applies to all others in the universe. So free yourself from guilt and remorse, and forgive yourself, and stop judging yourself, and remember to embrace yourself with compassion. For the darkest of deeds are those we commit upon ourselves.
Know this truth: You have always been loved, and you have always been honored, for how you have expressed yourself in all your lifetimes, has been an expression of Amazing Grace. Just as in the song, Amazing Grace.
Not the version that declares you to be a 'wretch', for we must free our soul from such judgment, but the version that reminds us that we are a divine soul residing in a physical body.
Feel free to send these words to someone you know. Do not delay .. send this message today .. do not put off tomorrow what you can easily do right now. Sending this message is an act of loving kindness - from yourself to another, even if you dont like the person you send it to .. send it anyway.
Do you want to push someones buttons? Then push their button of loving kindness!
Amazing Grace, how sweet the sound,
That saved a soul like me.
I once was lost but now am found,
Was blind, but now, I see.
T'was Grace that taught my heart to love,
And Grace, my love received.
How precious did that Grace appear, the hour I first received.
Through many dangers, toils and snares, I have already come.
T'was Grace that brought me safe so far, and Grace will lead me home.
Amazing Grace is good to me,
Grace my hope secures.
Grace will my shield and portion be, for Grace will ever endure.
When I've been here ten thousand years, bright shining as the sun.
I've that many days to sing the praise, of Grace when first received.
Amazing Grace, how sweet the sound,
That saved a soul like me.
I once was lost but now am found,
Was blind, but now, I see!
1 comment:
Wasn't sure if you actually knew the history behind Amazing Grace. The writer was a slave trader who had coerced thousands of slaves to the US from Africa and delivered them into servitude, violent oppression, and sometimes death. Later, he converted to Christianity and was overwhelmed by the grace of God despite all the horror he had done to thousands of people. When he refers to himself as a "wretch" in the hymn, he is thinking of all the people he victimized and maybe even killed, and he is that much more amazed at the grace of a God who loves and forgives even that. Neat story, and makes me think of his word choice there very differently.
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