Marvelous light of grace!

I once was fatherless, a stranger with no hope; Your kindness wakened me, Awakened me, from my sleep Your love it beckons deeply, a call to come and die. By grace now I will come And take this life, take your life. Sin has lost it's power, Death has lost it's sting. From the grave you've risen Victoriously! Into marvelous light I'm running, Out of darkness, out of shame. By the cross you are the truth, You are the life, you are the way My dead heart now is beating, My deepest stains now clean. Your breath fills up my lungs. Now I'm free. now I'm free! Lift my hands and spin around, See the light that I have found. Oh the marvelous light Marvelous light Marvelous Light lyrics by Charlie Hall Today is such a wonderful day. I went to a church this morning here in Columbia that totally was exactly what I needed to hear--grace. While it was completely traditional, the sermon was on Colossians 2, all about how Christianity is about Jesus. I scribbled sermon notes as fast as I could and will definitely download the other sermons in the series ASAP. Anyway, but I came back to my dorm and after grabbing my laundry that I had already washed yesterday, I quickly bought Marvelous Light and proceeded to play it over and over. As I danced around my room singing, I just realized the joy that invaded my soul. I was just overflowing with inexpressable joy--I still am. I just feel so free, so unchained. As the minister this morning said--in Jesus there is freedom. Not necessarily in being a Christian, because I know plenty of Christians who aren't living in freedom--but in Jesus. If you realize that all that you are--your past, present, and future--is all wrapped up in the life and work of Jesus Christ, you will experience such freeing and breathtaking life. I absolutely love the message of grace. The more I hear it, the more it fills me with joy. My life is lived out of response to that ferocious grace that has saved me. Everytime I hear someone speak on grace my heart leaps up in me and I am convinced further that it is Jesus and Jesus alone that will change people's hearts. If I am preaching sin management it won't change anyone's life. Like Colossians says, it lacks any value in restraining sensual indulgence. But if you preach Jesus, it'll change your life. It'll take your breath away. And the more you hear the message that Christianity is not about you and what you've done, or what rituals or customs you follow, but it's about Jesus, then the more you'll be free. The more you understand grace, sin loses its power. You no longer are in bondage to who you were and what you've done. Instead you'll realize that all you want, all you need is Jesus. And that's when you'll run into that marvelous light... into marvelous light I'm running...out of darkness out of shame... Have a wonderful day!! Khau bulyghyz, Sarah