Where is it in this world that does not love its enemies?  Who bestows it on who?  Are we not all guilty of withholding it from those it is due?  I am so troubled at this moment.. we are called to love our enemies, we are called to impart grace?  But who is doing it?  There are no exceptions to it… If anything it appears as if the worse they are the more grace they are due!  The worse they are the more we are called to love them!  Oh Beloved have we gotten it wrong?  I believe so,,, why does it have to be so easy to withhold such a precious gift?  ”Freely you have received, now freely give…”  I do not know what way is up at the moment,,, but maybe that is a good sign… I do live in an upside down, backwards kingdom… Maybe not knowing up is a good thing…  Wish it said the upside-down stand right-side up, but it doesn’t… Grace… The thought of it just simply bewilders me… Oh that my land and my people would learn the implications that it entails!

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