Falling on grace

"If I stand, let me stand on your promise: when I fall,let me fall on your grace." - Common Prayer - A Liturgy for Ordinary Radicals

This one line holds so many intriguing points. It contrasts the words "if" and "when", which is an honest evaluation of our human frailty. It reminds me that the chances of me stumbling along the way of life are far greater than standing strong the whole time. 

It calls me to make sure that I can only truly stand on the promises of God, especially if I want to make a lasting 'stand.'

And then it softens my 'fall' by asking that my moments of weakness will be cushion by God's grace.

I think this prayer is profound and worth repeating as often as one dares.

Exodus 14:13 - "“Do not be afraid. Stand firm and you will see the deliverance the Lord will bring you today."

Living in Grace

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Hard Heart?

"Worse than a bloody hand is a hard heart!" - P.B. Shelley

Sometimes things happen to us, or to our loved ones, and we immediately find our hearts beginning to harden. I think this is a natural response and one which we all find happens to us. The tragedy of this is that when we need to love others or to allow our hearts to show compassion, we can't anymore. The people in our 'future' are confronted by a version of ourselves that has become calloused and hardened.

Are you finding that your heart is beginning to grow hard and that you see the warning signs around you? If this is true, then why don't you start to bring this before God in prayer, asking the Holy Spirit to soften your heart again.


Hosea 10:12 – “Break up your fallow ground, for it is time to seek the Lord.”

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