Grace Comes Quietly

Scripture  Lamentations 3:21–26 (NRSV)  But this I call to mind,  and therefore I have hope:  The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases,  His mercies never come to an end;  they are new every morning;  great is Your faithfulness.  “The Lord is my portion,” says my soul,  “therefore I will hope in Him.”  The Lord is good to those who wait for Him,  to the soul that seeks Him.  It is good that one should wait quietly  for the salvation of the Lord.Refrain  Grace comes quietly and fills me with breath.Quote / Poem  Wendell Berry, from *The Peace of Wild Things*  When despair for the world grows in me  and I wake in the night at the least sound  in fear of what my life and my children’s lives may be,  I go and lie down where the wood drake  rests in his beauty on the water, and the great heron feeds.  I come into the peace of wild things  who do not tax their lives with forethought of grief.  I come into the presence of still water.  And I feel above me the day-blind stars  waiting with their light.  For a time  I rest in the grace of the world, and am free. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.