We are With You...

In Our Absence—We Are Present…
We are with you – we feel your pain – in this season of tension, transition, & transformation. We know that times are tough for most of us, and we are striving to find solutions to the challenges we are all facing and trying to overcome. The more we understand this season, it is becoming clearer & clearer as to our purpose in providing an Alternative Access Point regarding What it means to be Christian – What it means to be the Church – & what it means to be Broken for the hurting & lost.
As many of us are being bounced off the wall & being pulled through the “Eye of the Needle,” “Stuff” & “Things” are being Lost in the process. The pain is obvious; it hurts & even if it’s not fair, we must remember, God is with us, overseeing all that is taking place. As things get pulled away from us and as we get hurled to sidelines of Life, (being marginalized) we can call it an EXILE of sorts. We get pushed away from our “Normal” settings through much Pain & Sorrow. God asks us to wait, stop, pause, reflect, & ultimately open our ears & Listen.
In Exile we are forced to survive the pain of loss. Grieving is a must if we are going to be able to confess to the fact that we are hurt – broken – lost & that we are in need of help. When we come true to ourselves & embrace our pain, God engages us & calls out to us through our pain “I see you – I’ve seen it all happen – I know where you are – I know where you are headed.” Through the removal of the busyness of life, God has us in a place where he can Encourage us in deeper ways then we have known in the past to keep on going as He helps us clean up the messes we have created and the messes that got into us. The World continues to spin, ever faster, 24 hrs. a day, burning away at an alarming pace, while we do our very best clear our eyes from the many tears that flush through them, in hopes of getting back into our place of interaction with the world we are called to love to the levels that we known from the past. God brings clarity, in His timing, as He sees fit. IN THIS, we learn first hand what it means to yearn our guts out for the change we so desperately need. As we grope to see the Hope Arising in our circumstances, we learn to live our lives to the fullest, in the midst of the tension of not yet being where we desire to be. Ultimately, the aching trains our hearts to endure life’s journey, until we finally walk through Heaven’s Gates. This Hope is learned & educated down to the last scruple. When in Exile, platitudes, posturing, & pretending fall away, and we learn to amazing levels, “His Grace Is Enough.” We see clearly our brokenness and it becomes more evident, as we hear others talking about their achievements & tasks accomplished, and we are holding fast, clinging to Grace just to make it through another day. Yet, He comes and He calls us, in our brokenness to lift up our heads and to hear His call to move forward.
God is calling for us to move forward to Open up the Gateways of Change for all who need it. We believe God is calling out and the cry is for “Grace & Mercy” – “Grace & Mercy” “They need Grace & Mercy!” Lord we are humbled by your call and in hearing it, we will embrace it full heartedly, not knowing what the results will look like. Lord, we will leave the outcomes in your hands. The gifts we have been given, we offer them up as holy offerings to you, and they are yours for your glory. We make no apologies for using these gifts to the fullest and putting our guts into it, to make your Grace known. Our lives surrendered, extending Grace to all, no matter what comes our way.
Lord, you know who this is for. We desire to be faithful to do our part in bringing it to fruition as the Holy Spirit sets things in motion, we respond, “Yes & Amen.” The Spirit of Lord has convinced us and is strongly encouraging us to step out in faith and present Grace & Mercy International to this Generation. Sharing Grace in graspable & transferable terms is our desire. We are Humbled, we are Fearful, we are Compelled, we are Hopeful, & we are Inspired. Your presence, oh Lord, reaffirms us, that we will be ok and each day is a gift…All is a Gift !
We continue to pray…
Grace, Mercy, & Peace

You are Loved, Valued, & forever are in our Hearts.