Only Grace” by Matthew West
From the album “History”

There is no guilt here
There is no shame
No pointing fingers
There is no blame
What happened yesterday…has disappeared
The dirt has washed away
And now it’s clear

There’s only grace
There’s only love
There’s only mercy and believe me it’s enough
Your sins are gone
Without a trace
And there’s nothing left now
There’s only grace

You’re starting over now
Under the sun
You’re stepping forward now
A new life has begun
Your new life has begun

An’ there’s only grace
There’s only love
There’s only mercy and believe me…it’s enough
Your sins are gone
Without a trace
And there’s nothing left now
There’s only grace…

And if you should fall again
Get back up, get back up
Reach out and take my hand
Get back up, get back up
Get back up again
Ohh…get…back…up…again

was listening to my ipod today on the bus. and fighting to not fall asleep. You know what I noticed though, A LOT of people fall asleep on the bus at that hour. For like 2 minutes, I watched something like 5 or 6 people bobb their heads because they were falling asleep. It can’t be helped. Anyway. After I got off the bus, I was walking to our house and was trying to focus on putting one foot in front of the other. I was still very disoriented from my exhausted state. I started focusing on the words of the song playing in my ears… It was this song “Only Grace.” There are so many people that I wish that I could explain plainly to them grace. That they could understand because too often I watch people live in guilt or shame. They beat themselves up for not being good enough– but honestly, grace is enough. It covers all. There is only love. I just think of some people in my life who think so little of themselves because they see through critical, shameful, broken eyes. The truth is – there is love, grace, mercy… and it is enough.