Growing in grace
People of Israel, return to the one whom you have deeply betrayed! ~ Isaiah 31:6a (CEB)
But as people sinned more and more, God’s wonderful grace became more abundant. ~ Romans 5:20b (NLT)
Lord, we've all betrayed you in some way. But I'm not worried about it. It's not like I don't take sin seriously, but I'm growing in awareness of your grace. There just seems to be no end to your undeserved kindness. And that charges my batteries like nothing else can do. It inspires me to love you like never before -- and to extend grace to all who betray me. Amen.
TRANSLATIONS
ABP = Authorized Boydston Paraphrase — my own freestyle biblical adaptation — somewhere between paraphrase, commentary, and sermon
CEB = Common English Bible (©2011, the Common English Bible)
CEV = Contemporary English Version (©1995, American Bible Society)
MSG = The Message (©1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 2000, 2001, 2002 by Eugene H. Peterson)
NIRV = New International Reader's Version (©1996, 1998, Biblica)
NIV = New International Version (©1973, 1978, 1984, 2011, Biblica)
NLT = New Living Translation (©1996, 2004, 2007, 2013, Tyndale House Foundation)
