Running the Race: One Thousand Gifts (Continued)

Broken and Beautiful

by: Mark Shultz

There's a businessman

There's a widowed wife

There's a smiling face with a shattered life

There's a teenage girl with a choice tomake I

t's crowded here in church today

And the preacher says as the sermon ends

Please close your eyes and bow your heads

Is there anyone in need of prayer

Jesus wants to meet you here 'cause we all fall short

We all have sinned

But when you let God's Grace break in…

(Chorus)

It's beautiful Beautiful

Come as you are

Surrender your heart

Broken and beautiful

Well he'd never been to church before

But he came today as a last resort

His world was crashing in

And he was suffocating in his sin

But tears ran down

As hope rushed in

He closed his eyes

Raised his hands

Worshiping the God who can

Bring him back to life again

(Chorus)

Cause there's nothing more beautiful to God

Than when his sons and daughters come

Broken Alleluia Alleluia

Come as you are Alleluia Alleluia

Come as you are

(Chorus)

Alleluia Alleluia

Come as you are (Come as you are)

Surrender your heart Broken and beautiful

Alleluia Alleluia

Come as you are (Come as you are)

Surrender your heart

Broken and beautiful

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Yes, "we all fall short; we all have sinned, but when you let God's grace break in, it's beautiful!!" When I am feeling down, I am encouraged that even though I am broken, I am still beautiful to Christ. I am thankful for the reminder that we can always come to Him as we are. I am so thankful for God's grace and that He opens His arms to us as we are: broken and beautiful.

Continuing to give thanks...

#3261- #3302

-God's grace
-God's peace
-His acceptance
-healing and restoration
-friends working together on a project
-one on one time (eating Jelly Bellies) with my son