Well, last night I finally went to see Amazing Grace - and I thought it was amazing! It really stirred me. There are some brilliant moments in it two of which are featured in this trailer:
The first one is when Wilberforce was trying to decide if he should become a man of God or an activist and make the world a better place the lady next to him said in a gentle way "well perhaps you can do both?" Both Suz and I were discussing this afterwards and saying how when he said this to the lady we were both saying in our heads "you can do both, you can do both!" we were so relieved when she did say it to him.
The second one - and is the one which particularly stirred me was when Wilberforce went to see John Newton (who was his bible teacher/preacher when he was a child) to ask him to tell him all about the slave ships because he was going to start campaigning again and John Newton had worked on the slave ships and been responsible for selling many slaves. Anyway, in a really emotional and poinant moment John Newton said to Wilberforce:
"though my memory is failing, I remember two things very clearly: I am a great sinner and Christ is a great saviour!" It really stirred me. I don't know why - I think I was really overwhelmed by the phrase "christ is a great saviour!"
I've been thinking a lot about grace recently what with Freedom day and this film and easter. Last sunday night I led the meeting at the gap and really felt compelled to make grace the theme for the meeting. I think it's because for me, grace is an ever evolving thing. I'm trying to understand it more and more for myself and trying to receive it from God. I often find it so hard to believe that someone loves me that
much - so much. Everytime I mess up God just loves me and keeps on loving me unconditionally. It's so difficult to get the right balance between accepting God's grace and being released from the guilt and oppression of sin and not using God's grace as an excuse to go and sin.
God's grace really is amazing!
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Wednesday, 4 April 2007
I'm a great sinner and christ is a great saviour!
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