Kept by Grace

"It is told of a saintly man,

that by his own request, 

the only epitaph on his grave 

was the word kept.

We are all kept by the power of God 

through faith unto salvation."

J R Miller

Secrets of a Beautiful Life

That we are being kept by God

is the miraculous, loving gift of grace.

He keeps us every moment of our day--

teaching us when we are at a loss,

giving us strength when we are tempted,

lifting us up when we fall,

going after us when we wander,

and encouraging us when we are weak.

This patient, never failing, watchful love

of Christ is our salvation every day.

It is His perfect knowledge of us

that gives such infinite patience

to His love and grace.

He knows what is in us--

not just what we are now,

but what we are to be

when His work in us is finished.

We shall be like Him;

for we shall see Him as He is.

 

“The mother of the artist saw in her boy’s

childish attempts glimpses of genius,

and kissed him to encourage him.

That kiss made him an artist.

So the patient, loving Christ sees

in our poor living, in our yearnings,

our human discontents, our strivings,

our hungers, and our longings,

glimpses of what we may become,

and it is to bring out these possibilities

that He deals with us

in such grace and gentleness.”

~J R Miller 

His gentleness, love and infinite grace

gives me the hope to live this day

for His glory.

While I was with them,

I kept and preserved them in Your Name.

John 17:12