Grace Visited

Unredeemed Lyrics

The cruelest world
The coldest heart
The deepest wound
The endless dark
The lonely ache
The burning tears
The bitter nights
The wasted years

Life breaks and falls apart
But we know these are
Places where grace is soon to be so amazing
It may be unfulfilled
It may be unrestored
But when anything that's shattered is laid before the Lord
Just watch and see
It will not be unredeemed

For every choice that led to shame
And all the love that never came
For every vow that someone broke
And every lie that gave up hope
We live in the shadow of the fall
But the cross says these are all
Places where grace is soon to be so amazing
It may be unfulfilled
It may be unrestored
But when anything that's shattered is laid before the Lord
Just watch and see
It will not be unredeemed

Places where grace is soon to be so amazing
It may be unfulfilled
It may be unrestored
But you never know the miracle the Father has in store
Just watch and see
It will not be
Just watch and see
It will not be unredeemed

This song recorded by Selah has been a constant companion to me over the last month.  There have been times in this month that I have been overwhelmed by the thoughts of the mistakes I have made, past hurts, rejections, insecurities, and all kinds of negative feelings.  The enemy of my soul and destiny has pulled out the big guns.

I have spent a life time being "outside the camp", always the square peg trying to fit in a round world.  It is a very lonely place at times.  Many want what you can give them as long as you keep silent. So over and over I have determined that I will just become silent and invisible but then that does not work either.  Fire hits my bones.

I am not sure why the attack has been so strong lately but I have to agree with him, I fall very short. I am a real nobody, but my hope is in Grace. 1 Corinthians 1:26 For ye see your calling, brethren, how that not many wise men after the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble, are called: 27 But God hath chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise; and God hath chosen the weak things of the world to confound the things which are mighty; 28 And base things of the world, and things which are despised , hath God chosen , yea, and things which are not, to bring to nought things that are : 29 That no flesh should glory in his presence . 30 But of him are ye in Christ Jesus, who of God is made unto us wisdom, and righteousness, and sanctification, and redemption: 31 That, according as it is written , He that glorieth , let him glory in the Lord.

Mother's Day a young woman named Grace came to our house and for some reason I knew it was significant that this sweet visiting stranger's name was Grace. Today, as I listened to the Selah song Unredeemed, I realized once again that despite it all, those unfulfilled, unrestored things in my life will not be unredeemed.