Grace Like Rain

Saturday, 29th September 2007

The other day, my wife pointed out to me that way before I began to embrace grace teachings, this was already placed into her heart...

...and she is right.

God's grace in Mandarin is 恩惠 (en hui).

She named our daughter 惠娴 (hui xian) which means "gracious" and "elegant", eleven years ago. She named our son 恩乐（en le) which means "gracious" and "joyful", ten years ago.

And a decade later, God's grace has become more and more relevant in the life of our family.

Arguable the most well-known (and easily-recognisable song) ever written that depicts the extent of God's grace is the hymn by John Newton entitled "Amazing Grace". He was an infamous slave trader, and wrote the song upon his conversion to Christianity, after realising how much God loved him, even when he was still a wretched sinner.

John Newton's timeless classic was given a modern upbeat flavour in 2003 by Todd Agnew. Check out this contemporary version on YouTube



Amazing grace, how sweet the sound
That saved a wretch like me
I once was lost but now I'm found
Was blind but now I see so clearly

Hallelujah, grace like rain falls down on me
Hallelujah, all my stains are washed away, they're washed away

'Twas grace that taught my heart to fear
And grace my fears relieved
How precious did that grace appear
The hour I first believed

Chorus

When we've been there ten thousand years
Bright shining as the sun
We've no less days to sing Your praise
Than when we first begun