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 Devotional   Title: What Faith! by David George  What Faith!Little Billy proudly proclaimed to everyone that he was a musician, because his mother told him that he had ear Drums.I recently saw a Dateline telecast about illegal immigrants and a boatload of Chinese who arrived in New York. Many were detained in prison for over four years. When they were finally released, guess what they sang -- Amazing Grace -- in Chinese. As I listened to it, I realized how appropriate that song was for them, because Amazing Grace is written on a five tone or pentatonic scale. You can play the melody on a piano using only the black keys. Oriental music is traditionally built on the five tone scale. I haven’t looked into it, but Amazing Grace may be our only hymn built on a musical scale familiar to them. The tune is reportedly an old American southern melody. When John Newton wrote the words for Amazing Grace, I’m quite sure he never envisioned that a group of imprisoned Chinese would one day sing it as their song of liberation. He did, however, find an apt way to describe the Grace of God -- Amazing Grace! I am astonished that even the non-Christian world has taken this song to heart. You hear it everywhere, but I’m sure that many who sing it don’t grasp the meaning of what they are saying when they utter, “Amazing Grace! How sweet the sound that saved a wretch like me!” Those are words that only a redeemed child of God can sing, and we should sing it with unabashed enthusiasm because of the truth it conveys. Two verses come to mind -- Rom 6:14 (nlt), “Sin is no longer your master, for you are no longer subject to the law, which enslaves you to sin. Instead you are free by God’s grace.” and Heb. 4:16, “So let us come boldly to the throne of our gracious God. There we will receive His mercy, and we will find grace to help us when we need it.” O child of God, don’t ever take His grace for granted.
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In 1997 I had a stroke that crippled my left side. Upon release from therapy I started a ministry of daily e-mail devotions called E-Cheer to encourage others. I am a layman, having spent my career as service manager for the Allen Organ Co. |
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