i'm trying hard to learn...

it's not so much a 'learn', but to remember and relearn. the line from 'ashes' that jumped out at me today: 'i'll follow out of love, cuz there's nothin' i can earn..." it's pretty amazing when you stop to think about it. the idea of grace. that nothing i can do makes me good enough to earn God's love, forgiveness, and eternity. all i can really do is follow out of love, 'cuz God had done all the work already. this is such a foreign concept to us, especially in america -- we've got to work hard and earn our reward. i can remember talking to some of our sr. high kids a few years ago, and seeing them try to understand this idea was striking. some of them really didn't WANT to accept that heaven is a free gift -- dependent only on our willingness to accept that we can't do it ourselves, and to turn and follow out of love...

that's what i'm pondering this week. how does my day look different if i truly embrace this...

coming wednesday -- 'cautious springtime blues'...