tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15398304.post2757406651887655769..comments2024-03-26T17:44:29.168+00:00Comments on The Mercy Blog: A journey through the dark...Mike Farleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06732248182662167951noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15398304.post-19894953944395339862011-08-16T21:52:28.508+01:002011-08-16T21:52:28.508+01:00Dear Claire, sorry for such a belated reply; but i...Dear Claire, sorry for such a belated reply; but it's as Paul said, you know, "...there is no distinction, since all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God; they are now justified by his grace as a gift, through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus..."<br /><br />It's all true. I know how much he has blessed me, continues daily, hourly, to bless me, and I know just how far short I really do fall. That's neither false humility nor self-abnegation - just telling the truth.<br /><br />But hug me he does - and if he exclaims that I'm no sinner, it's only by the grace that's in his Son that I'm made clean, I know that for a fact!Mike Farleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06732248182662167951noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15398304.post-77623640347101857222011-08-06T15:22:29.006+01:002011-08-06T15:22:29.006+01:00We may find on our last day that we have prayed mu...We may find on our last day that we have prayed much more often than we thought. That our thoughts and heart have turned to Godde again much more often than we thought.<br />A prayer of powerlessness goes to Jesus every time we sigh, every time our back bears down under the weight of the little we can do.<br />Godde lives in our heart and sees all that happens there.<br />I am sure he welcomes you with open arms however poorly you think you pray. And exclaims as he hugs you, You're no sinner at all!claire bangasserhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12380558962103134334noreply@blogger.com