Good Intentions VS Grace 

They say the road to hell is paved with Good Intentions 

Indeed, it is the road to dissatisfaction and cynicism with God as well 

The good intentions so many of us have when it comes to God’s grace  

Have us trying to earn it and wearing a mask when we fail because we don’t want anyone else to know we screwed up 

It’s impossible to earn though because time, and time, and time again to infinity  

You’ll keep failing again, and again, and again  

Simply because you’re human 

Instead you have to live in grace not good intentions 

God showed all of his cards when he sent his son down to earth 

He left eternity to enter time 

He stepped out of the heavens to take on flesh to face the burden of our sins and failures 

He died the death of a criminal on a cross to be the sacrificial lamb whose blood covered our sins 

He suffered and died one of the most excruciating hours long deaths of the time for us 

When we didn’t deserve it and yet you seek to earn it 

What folly is this 

What hubris to think that you could earn the grace and the sacrifice so freely given 

No that day he said something new he essentially said to himself  

I will tell them that i love them like my own son 

I will sacrifice him for them 

Then I will raise him from the dead to prove my love for him and them 

I will tell them that i will always love them 

That there are no logs of past offenses any more 

There is no track record of how many times they’ve failed or how little they’ve prayed or read their bible 

If only they accept the grace freely given 

I will tell them that I have justified them t=with my own righteousness 

And that no one and nothing not even themselves can take that away from them.   

It is a gift that will not be taken back 

I will tell them I’m crazy about them 

I will tell them they have a new nature in me that they are saints now not just saved sinners 

I will show them that i live in them that my love and, my nature is at their disposal 

That there is no secret agenda, no hidden trapdoor 

I will show them that I forgive them every time 

There are no hail mary’s to recite no penances to make 

No pilgrimages to take  

It is simply about accepting that they are forgiven, and my grace covers all 

It is simply understanding that I’m not on the other side of some chasm tut tutting about their sins looking down on them 

Telling them to get their shit right 

I’m standing next to them with my arm around them  

Saying yeah there used to be a big pile of sins here  

But look i got rid of it so now i want you to trust in me and my grace 

And use the new nature i gave you and am giving you to do better 

But i wont just leave you alone to do it 

I’m with you until the end of the age and beyond till the end of this universe 

And beyond that. 

That is the beauty of Grace which so few come to realize. 

This was inspired by the book “The Cure: What If God Isn’t Who You Think He Is And Neither Are You”.  It’s an amazing book which I am thoroughly enjoying reading.  

It can be found here