Mmmmmh! Grace, God's grace is amazing. It is a supernatural discrimination, it is divine partiality. It qualifies and elects the undeserved. I AM A LIVING PROOF!
I previously wrote on 2/2015 that the last stanza of this most popular of all English hymns was written by American slaves. This is another testimony of how amazing is grace, that a converted slave trader would have his greatest hymn finished by the slaves he had mistreated.
Today I found out that this tune was also written by slaves. The tune is a plantation song titled "Loving Lambs".
What an Amazing grace I receive everyday from the right thrown of grace. It is thrilling indeed as without God's grace I am no where to be found....
My mother-in-law has dementia and is on her last journey, and I sing this song to her daily. Once in a while she will sing the verses with me and I know that she is in a good place.
I was reminded of this hymn, when President Obama sang it at the funeral of his friend. For my birthday, I began listening, singing and giving my heart back to God. This July 2017. Praise God for Grace and Mercy. Amen, amen and amen
John Newton, writer of this song, was a slave trader. He saw the injustice and horror of his business and gave his life to God. When you listen you can hear it in his words.
We are familiar with the hymn "Amazing Grace." Although this is a good hymn, it does not speak of the Triune God as our portion for our enjoyment. When this hymn was written, the experiential knowledge of God among the Lord's people had not come to this point. Even as recent as fifty years ago, Christians did not have the understanding of grace as the Triune God experienced and enjoyed by us. But standing on the shoulders of those who have gone before us, we have come to know that grace is far more than merely unmerited favor. Grace is the Triune God—the Father, the Son, and the Spirit—processed for our experience and enjoyment.