They will arrest you and persecute you;
they will hand you over to synagogues and prisons,
and you will be brought before kings and governors
because of my name.
This will give you an opportunity to testify.
—Luke 21.12-13
The Gospel of grace
threatens the Emperor of might.
He strikes out in suave arrogance and fury;
the faithful remain gentle and steadfast.
We have too long imagined a privileged place,
but that is not the place of Christ.
In the halls of power,
come stand among those without.
We testify to the grace of God
not from seats of ease
but from risks taken, wounds healed,
powerlessness blessed.
This is not mere victory,
but the mystery of resurrection.
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Steve Garnaas-Holmes
Unfolding Light
www.unfoldinglight.net
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