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For by grace you have been saved through faith.
And this is not your own doing;
it is the gift of God, not a result of works, so that no one may boast.
For we are his workmanship,
created in Christ Jesus for good works,
which God prepared beforehand,
that we should walk in them.
Ephesians 2:8-10 ESV
Every now and then I return to these verses, and it can be for a number of reasons.
Read them again if you have a minute...

For me today it's a reminder that God has some things for me to do. Things that may make no sense to the world.
The lens of grace leads to humility.
Changes the way I see me, my stuff, and what really matters.
That we are all in this together.
My circumstances are no different to yesterday, but when I look through the lens of grace things do look different.
This grace while personal coming in, is other oriented in it's expression.
We work it out, live it, in community.
Together.
#grace
#upsidedownkingdom
#loveGod
#lovepeople

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