Friday 12 September 2008

Amazing* - George Michael

At the Kinabalu Park, me mate booked me into one of the hostels - this one:-



I was quite happy about it cuz the last time i was there, i stayed in the same place - so it holds some nice memories for me.

But as i thought about it, it struck me how in my life, it seems like i'm perpetually checked-in at Grace Hostel! Day in and day out, i'm living in God's grace.

Grace - to put it simply - is receiving something that we do not deserve (as opposed to mercy where we do not receive something that we deserve).

I've truly been so blessed, from small little matters - like how i managed to get the last seat on the bus just as the bus was about to pull away to the airport - to bigger matters - like how i've miraculously been given another extension of 6 months to complete my specialisation for me TESOL course (me instructor told me that my case has set a new precedent!) - to even bigger matters like being blessed spiritually.

This is all the more amazing as i look at how miserable my Christian walk has been. But tt's wat grace is all about - to obtain God's favour and mercy when we dun deserve it.

Looks like i'm a lifelong occupant of Grace Hostel!

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.

Thro’ many dangers, toils and snares,
I have already come;
’Tis grace has brought me safe thus far,
And grace will lead me home.
John Newton

*A single from his 5th studio album, Patience, this was his first single in 2 years when it was released in 2004.

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