Scripture: Psalm 103:1-22
When we have gospel amnesia, our mind may be occupied with other things, good and necessary things, even Christianly things, but because these have subtly displaced the gospel and it has become dim and distant, we lose sight of that clear and quick path back to abundant grace.—Luma Simms, Gospel Amnesia: Forgetting the Goodness of the News
I do not know why I would go
In front of you and hide my soul
‘Cause you’re the only one who knows it
Yeah, you’re the only one who knows it
And I will hide behind my pride
I don’t know why I think I can lie
‘Cause there’s a screen on my chest
Yeah, there’s a screen on my chest
—Twenty One Pilots, “Screen”
It takes courage, humiliating courage, to step aside from your own sovereignty and imagined control and begin looking for the gift that comes unmerited. Yes, I’m talking about grace.—Kara Tippetts, The Hardest Peace: Expecting Grace in the Midst of Life’s Hard
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