7 - GRACE

[The seventh entry of April 2016's A-to-Z Blogging Challenge.]

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Filthy, disgusting, thrown out with the waste

Shame and guilt was all that Man faced

Unwanted, rejected, covered in mold

Shiver in darkness and suffer in cold

Man fell into pits again and again

He fought with the storms and drowned in the rain

Impatient and bitter was he without You

He pushed You away when You tried to pursue

Rebellious, unwilling to change for the better

Worshiping idols and gods that don't matter

Refusing to come back to Your embrace

But here You are, full of love, same as always

You reach out to Man as Man walked away

With nails, a cross, and scars, You did pay

For Man's sins, so revolting, so dark, so deep

You look at his unfaithfulness and start to weep

But still you reach out, with a smile on Your face

A second chance for Man to be saved by Your grace.

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for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, 

and are justified by his grace as a gift, 

through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus

- Romans 3:23 -