A

while back.

IDK nine months?

Last winter?

I can't remember.

I know there are post on here that contain the lyrics I'm about to reference.

Anyway, there was a CD I just couldn't quit playing.

I mean months on end.

Wanted to.

Tried to.

Just couldn't.

Good thing I like it as much as I do I guess.

Just over and over and over I would listen to the one song in particular.

If I heard it once I heard it 100,000 times during this time frame.

Still listen to it.

Still love it.

That's the back story.

Keep that in mind.

Brother Joe knocked it out of the park Sunday.

Never heard something somewhat complicated explained so simple.

He's been preaching on God's Grace.

We all hear about it but who know's exactly what it is?

I just always thought of it as God's love.

Turns out the original meaning of the Greek word is something to the effect of a favor that you didn't deserve and can never repay. You wanna demonstrate God's Grace to others? There ya go. There's your blueprint.

God's Grace to us was his son Jesus Christ dying on the cross for our sins. We didn't deserve it, and we can't repay it. This gets you started on the highway of redemption to your salvation and your final destination which is eternal life. Grace itself is not the end all be all. Accepting God's Grace is merely the starting point. Once your journey has started in this direction you will be expected to live a Godly life, do for others, obey his commands, precepts, etc. There will be detours. Get headed back in the right direction. There will be wrong turns. Get back stated the right way. Heres the important thing. If you deliberately get off of this path one to many times? Your gonna blow up and not be able to get back started in the right direction. Grace gets you started. Your salvation is earned (and your reward in Heaven determined) by how well you stayed on the right course. 

Get off  the way deliberately one to many times and your done.

Got it?

There was a song.

Couldn't quit listening to it.

God's Grace, starts us on a journey.

You with me?

Brother Joe said he had a picture that perfectly illustrated what he was talking about.

He was excited lol.

"Do you want to see it?

Are you ready he? says lol.

Brother Joe shared a picture something like this with the word GRACE typed on it.

The song I was talking about at the beginning of this post?

"I am the highway"

I've included the lyrics followed with my interpretation.

Parts of it are very personal for me and my situation.

Pearls and swine bereft of me

Long and weary my road has been

I was lost in the cities

Alone in the hills

No sorrow or pity for leaving I feel

I am not your rolling wheels

I am the highway

I am not your carpet ride

I am the sky

Friends and liars don't wait for me

I'll get on all by myself

I put millions of miles

Under my heels

And still too close to you

I feel

I am not your rolling wheels

I am the highway

I am not your carpet ride

I am the sky

I am not your blowing wind

I am the lightning

I am not your autumn moon

I am the night

The night

I am not your rolling wheels

I am the highway

I am not your carpet ride

I am the sky

I am not your blowing wind

I am the lightning

I am not your autumn moon

I am the night

The night

Interpretation:

"Pearls and swine bereft of me"

Matthew 7:6.

“Do not give what is holy to the dogs; 

nor cast your pearls before swine, 

lest they trample them under their feet, 

and turn and tear you in pieces.

"Long and weary my road has been"

Yes.

Yes it has been.

Very much so at times.

I was lost in the cities

Alone in the hills

"No sorrow or pity for leaving I feel"

No.

No I don't. 

None.

Period.

I/we've been commissioned for a task.

It will be seen through.

"I am not your rolling wheels

I am the highway

I am not your carpet ride

I am the sky"

I am not the gift, God says.

I am the giver.

Always worship me.

I am not the part.

I am the whole.

Whether were talking spiritual gifts, prosperity, etc.

I am not the gift God says.

I am the giver.

"Friends and liars don't wait for me

I'll get on all by myself"

Lucy?

What have I always ,always, always complained about the most?

The lies. 

The deceit.

What did I do?

Isolated myself from the situation.

I put millions of miles

Under my heels

And still too close to you

I feel

I am not your rolling wheels

I am the highway

I am not the gift God says.

I am the giver.

Always worship me.

I am not the part.

I am the whole.

I am not your carpet ride

I am the sky

I am not the gift God says.

I am the giver.

Always worship me.

I am not the part.

I am the whole.

I am not your blowing wind

I am the lightning

I am not the gift God says.

I am the giver.

Always worship me.

I am not the part.

I am the whole.

Side note

( Science still can't explain the spark that causes Lightening.)

I am not your autumn moon

I am the night

The night

I am not the gift God says.

I am the giver.

Always worship me.

I am not the part.

I am the whole.

I am not your rolling wheels

I am the highway

I am not the gift God says.

I am the giver.

Always worship me.

I am not the part.

I am the whole.

I am not your carpet ride

I am the sky

I am not the gift God says.

I am the giver.

Always worship me.

I am not the part.

I am the whole.

I am not your blowing wind

I am the lightning

I am not the gift God says.

I am the giver.

Always worship me.

I am not the part.

I am the whole.

I am not your autumn moon

I am the night

The night

I am not the gift God says.

I am the giver.

Always worship me.

I am not the part.

I am the whole.

Lucy?

The one thing that I might have deliberately 

let me get off the Highway and would have blown me up ?

Gone.

Done.

I knew the day would come when it would be gone.

Sunday was it.

Love ya girl.