Extending Grace

{How long the wait, is the cry}
{Before things run without a hitch}
{Problems popping ceaselessly}
{Seem to go indefinitely}

{Pulling thoughts around me firm}
{I know the answer, indubitably}
{If only others would agree}
{Work things out the way I see}

WAIT! Could it be a larger view 
Helps reveal a deeper truth 
Of a picture greater than 
One’s own mind can understand 

Perhaps that person’s life’s a mess 
They’re floundering in painful place 
Could this lesson be for both
Learning more that thing called grace 

Unmerited favor, grace defined 
“Unmerited”…do I comprehend 
The countless times that for me 
Grace was offered…graciously 

Yes, I’m called to do the same 
Love those too whose hurting souls 
Have failed me in their woundedness 
As they struggle to be whole 

Grace extends forgiving hands
Forged through lifetime’s endless trials 
Patience turns longsuffering
Gifts of Love that will prevail 

LORD, help us to remember that    
Our sense of time is very short 
When healing’s growth seems so slow
Keep our eyes on Love’s full goal 

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Romans 5:8 NKJV
“But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.”

Isaiah 30:18
“Therefore the Lord will wait, that He may be gracious to you; And therefore He will be exalted, that He may have mercy on you. For the Lord is a God of justice; Blessed are all those who wait for Him.”