Everyone: Grace in the Wilderness: Prayers and Poetry

                                               Everyone

                                                No escape

                                                from the sins

                                                we each bury

                                                deep within

                                                allowing lies to

                                                expand, engulf

                                                our lives

                                                with excuses

                                                accusations towards

                                                everyone else

                                                until death’s core

                                                exacts penalty

                                                and we are each

                                                exposed.

Romans 8:30, “And whom He predestined, these He also called; and whom He called, these He also justified; and whom He justified, these he also glorified.”

Everyone: Word Ambassadors: Prayers and Poetry

Reading: Acts 2:21

“Then everyone who calls on the name of the Lord shall be saved.”

Everyone.

We are so busy categorizing each other. Putting each other in boxes, including ourselves that we daily reject—sin—against the Lord’s absolute, eternal, invitation. And sometimes we know that we do.

Who calls.

A choice. His gift of free will is not overridden. He calls everyone. Not everyone responds. He alone knows whether each heart has fully answered or is still struggling with whose name to follow. As Creator He alone knows everyone most personally from the inside out.

 On the name of the Lord.

How do we speak His name with or without words? Do others see His truth, invitation, mercy, and desire to call on His name? Or do they see us giving lip service while we hold tight to our personal likes and dislikes, our self management of our own lives?

“Do you not know? Have you not heard?

The Everlasting God, the Lord, the Creator of the ends of the earth

Does not become weary or tired.

His understanding is inscrutable.”  Isaiah 40:28 NAS

Lord, please build Your house into each of us, and build us into Your house, that our diversity and uniqueness honor Your gift of life and Your grace that alone saves.

Psalm of Worship: Genesis 1:21

“So God created the great sea monsters and every living creature that moves, of every kind, with which the waters swarm, and every winged bird of every kind. And God saw that it was good.”