AMAZING GRACE!
Amazing Grace absolutely saved a "wretch" like me!
It also saved the song's author, John Newton.
The 17th century servant, turned slave trader cried out "Lord save us!" as he sailed his ship through a violent storm. Delivered from near death and instantly converted, Newton believed that God had spoken to him and thus, had given him a new beginning. Guided by the gift of grace, he slowly, but surely began surrendering his will to a higher power that inspired every aspect of his life.
Amazing Grace, saved me from despair a few years ago during my stay at Father Martin's Ashley in Havre de Grace, Maryland. The priest would play a tape recording of the song during weekly Mass...and I'd be mesmerized by the supernatural significance for those of us seeking a solution for our troubled lives.
Grace is God's gift, and is absolutely available to everyone-anytime-everywhere. No one is exempt...All we have to do is open our hearts and ask for it. You can't really define grace, but you can certainly see the effects of grace on those who depend on it...to lift and inspire a healing hope in every challenging aspect of their lives.
I heard a man tonight, say he almost killed himself...and realizing how close he had come-to taking his own life, pleaded, "If there is a God-please help me!" 20 years later, he is alive and well, happy and hopeful...grateful and blessed to have been one of the many "wretches" like John Newton, who have found the true source of strength in the tried and true-AMAZING GRACE-of God!
Amazing Grace, how sweet the sound, that saved a wretch like me!
I once was lost, but now am found. Was blind but now I see.
'Twas grace that taught my heart to fear. And grace my fears reliev'd;
How precious did that grace appear, The hour I first believ'd!
Thro' many dangers, toils and snares, I have already come;
'Tis grace has brought me safe thus far, And grace will lead me home.
The Lord has promis'd good to me. His word my hope secures;
He will my shield and portion be, As long as life endures.
Yes, when this flesh and heart shall fail, And mortal life shall cease;
I shall possess, within the veil, A life of joy and peace.
The earth shall soon dissolve like snow, The sun forbear to shine;
But God, who call'd me here below, Will be forever mine.
It also saved the song's author, John Newton.
The 17th century servant, turned slave trader cried out "Lord save us!" as he sailed his ship through a violent storm. Delivered from near death and instantly converted, Newton believed that God had spoken to him and thus, had given him a new beginning. Guided by the gift of grace, he slowly, but surely began surrendering his will to a higher power that inspired every aspect of his life.
Amazing Grace, saved me from despair a few years ago during my stay at Father Martin's Ashley in Havre de Grace, Maryland. The priest would play a tape recording of the song during weekly Mass...and I'd be mesmerized by the supernatural significance for those of us seeking a solution for our troubled lives.
Grace is God's gift, and is absolutely available to everyone-anytime-everywhere. No one is exempt...All we have to do is open our hearts and ask for it. You can't really define grace, but you can certainly see the effects of grace on those who depend on it...to lift and inspire a healing hope in every challenging aspect of their lives.
I heard a man tonight, say he almost killed himself...and realizing how close he had come-to taking his own life, pleaded, "If there is a God-please help me!" 20 years later, he is alive and well, happy and hopeful...grateful and blessed to have been one of the many "wretches" like John Newton, who have found the true source of strength in the tried and true-AMAZING GRACE-of God!
Amazing Grace, how sweet the sound, that saved a wretch like me!
I once was lost, but now am found. Was blind but now I see.
'Twas grace that taught my heart to fear. And grace my fears reliev'd;
How precious did that grace appear, The hour I first believ'd!
Thro' many dangers, toils and snares, I have already come;
'Tis grace has brought me safe thus far, And grace will lead me home.
The Lord has promis'd good to me. His word my hope secures;
He will my shield and portion be, As long as life endures.
Yes, when this flesh and heart shall fail, And mortal life shall cease;
I shall possess, within the veil, A life of joy and peace.
The earth shall soon dissolve like snow, The sun forbear to shine;
But God, who call'd me here below, Will be forever mine.
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