The God I’ve come to know by sheer grace…has furiously loved me regardless of my state-grace or disgrace. And why? For His love is never, never based on our performance, never conditioned by our moods- of elation or depression. The furious love of God knows no shadow of alteration or change. It is reliable. And always tender.
Brennan Manning wrote this as a reflection of Psalm 23. I agree with Manning in the Good Shepherd. We in the American church have a tendency to minimize the grace of God because we have established our churches according to worldly standards. However, the Kingdom of God is the antithesis of this world as Jesus the Christ came to upturn all preconceived notions we had of God. Where sin abounds, grace abounds even more. It is through His principle characteristic of love that He lavishes recklessly His grace upon all His children (which includes you).
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