GRACE CAUGHT IN A MOMENT

Readings: - Isaiah 6:1-8 and Isaiah 57:17

 

Isaiah went as usual

BUT this time

He met God

God beyond him

Beyond his imaginings

Beyond his morals and ethics

Beyond his highest efforts

God majestic

Holy

Powerful

 

Isaiah froze stone still

I am ruined

I am a man of unclean lips

Among a people of unclean lips

I am ruined

 

Isaiah was so aware that he had nothing to offer

There was nothing he could do

To bridge the gap of

Holy and unclean

Stone still

He waited 

For judgement

 

BUT God acted out Grace

God moved first

God built the bridge

Grace was unconditional

Grace was all God’s work

Grace forgiveness and atonement

Grace gave Isaiah a new start

And when he could move again

He responded to God’s call 

By Grace he had been equipped

To say

Here am I, send me…

 

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