wowed

today i am amazed by what i have been given. not material things but salvation, actually.
i can't imagine not having had the holy spirit intervene in my life. i don't like thinking about me being without that. completely and utterly depraved would be a good way to describe what that would be like. despair, in fact.
seeing someone very lost and very in need of that intervention, which can't be given by me, is heartbreaking.
the only good thing is that i am that much more aware of my own depravity and His sole capability. not mine. that's really really hit home today.

For by GRACE you have been saved through faith, and that NOT of yourselves; it is the GIFT of God, not of works, lest anyone should boast.

- Eph 2:8-9