When grace replaces guilt and fear...
When relationship outweighs behavior...
When church involvement becomes meaningless rituals...
When you refuse to live in fear of what others might think or say...
When rejecting others over dogma or doctrine becomes sickening...
And when you want to be a simple human being accepting and loving all the other human beings...
The only thing left is a carpenters son saying Come Follow Me and that makes all of the difference.
Some scholars suggest that the salutation at the end of the prayer, “For Thine is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever amen.” was not in the original text and was probably added later. I really do not care whether it was or not. I love the phrase and I need the phrase as a constant reminder of whose kingdom I serve, whose power I need and whose glory I must share.
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