God not only

in our weakness.He knows thatin our helpless state,His grace is morethan sufficient forthe need of the hour.His strengthis perfected in ourinsufficiency.

Now speaking toa significantlysmaller crowd,Paneloux wasmuch gentlerand less accusatory.Indeed, he nolonger addressedhis listeners as‘you, ‘ but, ‘we.’(Refering to the novelPlague of Albert Camus)

of his sinsis nearer to godthan all selfrighteous personswho think thatthey have not sinned.

without judging me.I wish that you trust mewithout expecting anything.I wish that you protect mewithout exerting pressure.I wish that you see mewithout seeing you in me.

goodness and grace,and His death onthe cross openedthe way for fallenman to find peacewith God – to bereconciled backto Him throughfaith in His Son.

more openly displayedto an unbelieving world,than when He steppedforward, during theircowardly approach,under a cover of darkness,and answered withthat tremendous,earth-shattering,awesome name – I AM.