Abundance

"The juice of grapes shall drip down the mountains, and all the hills shall run with it. I will bring about the restoration of my people Israel." Amos 9:14

Just as is seems that God will abandon his people forever, God relents, forgives and shows mercy. Even, and perhaps especially, when we think we deserve God's wrath, God finds something about us or about our community of faith that urges him to renew his people, and when this happens it is lavish. Imagine the scraggy hills that surround Jerusalem dripping with the juice of grapes. When God let's go, there is no holding back. We cannot absorb his love; it is altogether too much.

For most of us, when God's gratuitous love overwhelms us, we utter simple prayers of gratitude, but before long we forget the source of our joy, and we need another reminder, but no matter where our life takes us, the Scripture promises us that God is never far, and wanting to treat us like royalty.

Today, be grateful for the simplest of gifts.

What are you most grateful for in your faith life?