response

wouldn't it be terrible if we,
you and me,
couldn't wake up every single day,
every single day,
to new mercy?
sometimes i just have to remind myself,
i have to say it out loud,
"Lord, You are mad for my soul!"
and each morning this demands a response.
a new response
a new decision
salvation and sanctification are ongoing processes,
according to St. Paul who never felt like he had made it,
even he felt like he had not yet reached the "goal for the prize for which he was called.."
so like Paul,
let's press on today,
"forgetting what lies behind, pressing forward to what lies ahead"
but just accepting He loves us, and embracing this,
 is always the beginning
and our response is where we participate and join in the great journey,
"working out our salvation with fear and trembling"...
embracing His love for us,
embracing His finished work on the cross.

wkm