ALWAYS. EVER. NEW.

Yes, grace comes first. 

We’ve named that grace “God.”

It is God (“Good”) entering in,

into what we call “reality.” 

Grace doesn’t brandish or beguile. 

It doesn’t cajole or con. 

It just comes. 

In fact, it’s the real reality

because, like the squirrels 

and spiders and sparrows in our yard,

it was here first.

It is we who come to it. 

And when we do--if we do--

we come to see--and know--

that we’re already living in grace. 

Oh, we may not understand it,

or worse, we may not believe it,

but precisely because grace is…we are.

In the moments we see this truth 

we live out of it. And we live it out.

Then everything changes. 

All things, even old things, are made new.

“New” meaning, no longer how things “are.” 

“New” meaning, no longer can the past 

seize, snag or snatch our present power from us. 

Like Paul once Saul said, “If anyone is in Christ, 

(aka: grace) that one is a new being.” 

That is, each one’s presence and purpose 

in this old, old world, is refreshingly new. 

New in the now. New right now. 

Always. Ever. New.