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29 January 2016
GRACIOUS
Jesus amazed people with "gracious" words. His words landed grace blows to ears, hearts and minds. Still do! The people were amazed because they hadn't heard "church people" talk that way often. From Jesus they heard lenient benevolence ... opulent kindness. Did Jesus have these words because He was an elite spiritual athlete? I don't think so. Gracious words aren't magic, they come from two places. First, the sober sense of our own fallibility which produces elasticity for living alongside others in their fallibility. Secondly, gracious comes from knowing, in a deeper place than the mind, that God is love and that God does not delight in the destruction of sinners. No, God loves sinners -- all of us. Still amazes me.
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