Redeeming
Grace
These
are important words in the Christmas story.
It’s the era of redeeming grace.
We should take a pause on that thought for a moment.
Not
just good ‘ole ‘grace’, but “Redeeming” grace.
Redemption
is a word in lesser use these days, it appears.
Redemption
means …
Recovery
Renovation
Refurbishment
Revitalization
Restoration
I
love to visit a home after a renovation.
The freshness, the newness, the re-purposing is exciting to see.
I
think we need to add re-purposing to our string of synonyms for
redemption.
We
just saw Dickens’ A Christmas Carol
yesterday. There is no doubt in my mind
that the fictional character had a re-purpose experience in that story. He changed.
He had a dose of redeeming grace dumped on him.
It
hits me every year when we see this classic stage play. If ever there is a story of redemption in an
entertaining piece of art, it is found when Scrooge awakens after the third
Ghost of Christmas visits. He sees with new
eyes, a new reference point.
He
becomes a new man, a revitalized man, and as the story goes, he became good for
his word in all that he promised Bob Cratchit and Tiny Tim.
What
is amazing to me is how the gospel of redeeming grace shows up in so many song
lyrics and special musicals and plays at Christmas.
I
love the “redeeming grace” aspect of Christmas.
That one idea was at the heart of God’s plan all along. He was seeking for a way to draw mankind to
Him. He turned away from what some labeled
Him as the “ogre God” to the “Redeeming Grace-filled” God
I
pray you are discovering restoration, liberation and renovation in your heart
and life to whatever degree you seek those elements.
Merry
Christmas.
This is
my
morning
reflection.
P Michael Biggs
Words of Hope
Encouragement
Inspiration
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