Never Told the Half of It

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Reflecting on God’s love and grace, Rev. James Moore once wrote about the great explorer, Marco Polo. When Polo came back to Venice from his travels in Cathay, he attempted to describe the incredible wonders he had seen there. People didn’t believe him. Indeed, for the rest of his life (and even on his death bed) they tried to get him to confess that he had lied and exaggerated about the wonders he had described. His last answer was: “I never told the half of it!”

Moore wrote that sometimes people tease him personally, for speaking so frequently about God’s love and grace. When they do, he reflects back on Marco Polo, “I have never told the half of it!”

Friend of Dial Hope, today, I invite you to think back about your own life. Where have you experienced mercy and grace? How has God touched your life? Where have you seen God’s hand at work? I’d be willing to bet, you haven’t told the half of it either!

Let us pray: Loving God, we praise you for you are a God of Grace, a God of Love and Mercy. We thank you for your forgiveness and for the way you offer us clean starts and new beginnings. We pray today for those who do not know your unconditional love and grace; for those who feel trapped by cords of sin or despair or by a haunting past. Break into their lives anew this day. Wash over each of us once again with your grace. Help us hear and believe and respond to your good news – that you make all things new – even us. Amen.