I am reblogging this post. The timing is impeccable. I’m in the middle of writing a story for one of my family members and I was struggling to find the “right” words and phrases I needed for this story. After re-reading the writer’s comments and what others had posted, I realized that I had just been gifted with yet another “tender mercy of the Lord.”He knew what I wanted to share, and He understood all the circumstances surrounding this intent.
“No one approaches God on the strength of personal merit—not Paul with his religious achievements, not the Samaritan woman with her broken past, and not the man at Bethesda with his powerless body.
Salvation came from God. A person begins, then, not by proving worthiness, but by coming honestly.”
i really hope you read Livora Gracely’s post. Her insights are great. I love her short stories too.
Titus 3:5–6 The Burning Shore On the shore of Malta, the islanders built a fire for the survivors of the shipwreck. Paul helped gather the wood. He …
The Mercy Route
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