Alive

"You are not under law but under grace," Romans 6:14.

And since we're under God's grace, to God we offer our bodies, our whole selves. (Hmm. And here I thought that grace meant license to steal, lie, deceive. You know, to do what a man's gotta do to get by. No - quite the contrary!) Jesus died for us. God raised Jesus from the dead. Death has no power over Jesus. Jesus lives for God. And so do we. God's generosity fills us and spills over us and overwhelms us. We present the very parts of our bodies, hands, feet, eyes, to God as his tools for doing good. They're God's hands, God's feet, God's eyes. Alive! Grace brings life, not the dead rot of lies. Sky kingdom!

We extend a hand to a brother or sister today, instrument of God's grace. And together, experiencing his grace, we give him thanks.