The Hardest Part is the Little Bit More

 

...he shall restore it in full

   and shall add a fifth to it,

and give it to him

   to whom it belongs

on the day he realizes

                    his guilt.

            Leviticus 6. 5

(What does it take

           to make it right?

We cannot rewind,

   or pretend it didn't happen,

   or hope a "sorry" will stick.

Not just ignore our mess,

   or justify our wrongdoing,

   or kind of apologize,

but make it right

    and add 20 percent to it.

We are forgiven,

but we still need to reconcile,

restore,

and turn the relationship

          rightside up,

   as much as in our power to do.

Not just enough,

     but a little bit more,

knowing that little bit more

   may be a big slice of our pride.

Not just that we receive grace,

     but practice it too.)

O LORD,

Help us to practice grace

   in the hard places of life,

because Your grace

          cost You Your life.

Please empower us

    not just to fess up

                to You,

but grant us Your courage

  to restore what we can

         and add a fifth to it.

Grace always employs

   going beyond the necessary

         to the unexpected.

The object always involves

         relationship.

Heal, O LORD,

    the brokenness,

stop the bleeding out,

redeem what tears us apart.

Bring Your glory

   even to this volatile situation.

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