Wednesday, June 5, 2013

Defying Gravity, Delighting in Grace

Grace and Gravity 
M. Justin Wainscott, 2013 

Grace and gravity, 
both of them forces 
far beyond our control. 
Grace and gravity, 
both of them laws 
learned through pain. 
Grace and gravity, 
both of them instruments 
employed by God, 
but in very different ways. 

Gravity’s pulling us, 
always downward. 
Grace is lifting us, 
always heavenward. 
Gravity says, 
“What goes up 
must come down.” 
But grace says, 
“Who falls down 
must be lifted up.” 

Gravity seems 
to work against us. 
But grace is always 
working for us. 
Gravity’s a force 
we like to defy. 
But grace is a gift, 
a wonderful gift, 
in which we ever 
only want to delight.