On this lovely Saturday, my tired mind is a bit overwhelmed with the amount of homework that is due and the number of exams I have this upcoming week. Hence, I find myself in the library. I found my mind wandering and opened The Valley of Vision and found a sweet gift in the first prayer I read.
Amazing Grace
O Thou Giving God, My heart is drawn out in thankfulness to Thee, For thy amazing grace and condescension to me In influences and assitances of Thy Spirit For special help in prayer, For the sweetness of Christian service For the thoughts of arriving in Heaven, For always sending me needful supplies, For raising me to new life when I am like one dead. I want not the favour of man to lean upon, for Thy favour is infinitely better. Thou art eternal wisdom in dispensations towards me; and it matters not when, nor where, nor how I serve Thee, nor what trials I am exercised with, if I might be prepared for thy work and will. No poor creature stands in need of divine grace more than I do, And yet none abuses it more than I have done, and still do. How heartless and dull I am! Humble me in the dust for not loving Thee more. Every time I exercise any grace renewedly, I am renewedly indebted to Thee, the God of all grace, for special assistance. I cannot boast when I think how dependent I am upon Thee for the being and every act of grace; I never do anything else but depart from Thee, and if ever I get to Heaven it will be because Thou willest it, and for no reason beside. I love, as a feeble, afflicted, despised creature to cast myself on Thy infinite grace and goodness, hoping for no happiness but from Thee; Give me special grace to fit me for special services, and keep me calm and resigned at all times, humble, solemn, mortified, and conformed to Thy will.This gift of grace, of the humility that Christ expressed when he deigned to reach out and connect with us, is unfathomable to me . And it puts things into perspective. I, Cassie Gamble, get to live under that grace. I am covered by that grace. I am connected to Christ through that grace. I am astonished by that grace. I am redeemed by that grace.
I get to cling to those promises.
Guess what?
So do YOU.
Just Breathe 