Grace is Power...

Just four young adults and a veteran Toyota Corolla sporting new snow tires... 

That was us a few weeks ago. The trip was originally planned for 6, but God had other ideas. 

It was a trip like none other. We sorely missed having our parents along, but even in that I see the hand of Providence. He wanted this trip to be different. and different it was.

Our world is changing. I mean, the world of 4 young people from the edge of nowhere who love to work together, pray together, play together, serve together, sing together... And cry on each other's shoulders. 

We hear the tread of armies. Constantly.

And we see the gleams of a golden morning...

All at once we are noting in the world around us things that we've never perceived before. 

Some things that not that long ago had little or no influence on our personal lives are fast becoming our reasons for living.

I have no way to explain it, other than the fact that we've been captivated by Grace.

In all my years I cannot remember another time when the four of us have jumped into the car after a day on the slopes with young friends, pulled off our helmets (hair to the four winds) and had nothing to talk about all the way down the mountain but Jesus... 

He is so irresistible. And every time I turned around, I was looking into the face of another long-time friend and seeing the same thing written there. (for the first time)



I can't remember another time when one moment, I could be speeding down an icy road on a sled, surrounded by shouts of laughter and high spirits, and the next moment be on my back looking up at the blue sky saying "My Jesus, I love You..." (And the next moment be speeding down the icy hill again.)


I have never seen so much of Jesus in His children... Everywhere I turned, I caught another glimpse of His face. 

Our world is changing...
Or maybe not.
Maybe we're just tasting more of His grace... And He's changing the things we love, and the things we live for. Maybe that's why we don't pray for happiness, but for usefulness. Why we gladly exchange fun times for the pursuit of His glory...

I never imagined that broken pieces could be this happy... 


Grace is power. 
What it touches, changes. 


Eternal Weight of Glory, serving You is joy unspeakable!
Please keep us in Your hand...