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I was recently listening to the 
U2 album All That You Can't 

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Leave Behind and I came across a
song called Grace. 

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The lyrics say this. 
Grace takes the blame, covers 

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the shame, removes the stain. 
But once was hurt, but once was 

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friction. 
What left a mark no longer 

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stings because grace makes 
beauty out of ugly things. 

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That really spoke to me. 
I think back on all the things 

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that I've done and all the 
horrible decisions that I've 

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made, and if I'm being honest, 
the bad decisions I still make. 

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I'm just so thankful for the 
gift of grace. 

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One of my favorite writers, 
Brennan Manning, said that he 

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progressed not by always making 
the right decision, but by 

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responding appropriately to the 
wrong ones. 

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And I think that's all we can 
do. 

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Learn where we can and continue 
moving forward. 

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We take our mistakes, our hurts,
and our hang ups and we try our 

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best to transform them into 
something that God can use. 

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Paul says it like this. 
God saved you by his grace when 

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you believed, and you can't take
credit for that. 

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It's a gift from God. 
Salvation is not a reward for 

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good things. 
To me, grace is the singular 

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achievement of the Christian 
faith. 

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We are broken and undeserving, 
and yet Jesus says that God's 

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love for you is unconditional 
and unending, and there is 

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absolutely nothing that you can 
do to change that. 

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We can look back at our lives at
all the things that we've done, 

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and despite those things, there 
is someone who sees you in 

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perfect love. 
Today. 

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I'm thankful for God's grace. 
I need it. 

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It means forgiveness. 
It means second chances. 

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It means that beauty can come 
from ugly things. 

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You've been listening to 
everyday miracles by hope, 

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mindfulness, and prayer.