Good Morning Friends,
Well, we are back at choir practice on Wednesday nights. And after working on several pieces in the choir room we gathered around the piano in the Sanctuary and as a benediction sang a beautiful piece of music by Dan Forrest that is the focus of this devotional and its question: How Can It Be?
Scripture: “But God proves his love for us in that while we still were sinners Christ died for us.” Romans 5:8
Message: Friends, when we sing Dan Forrest’s How Can It Be? we step into one of the most ancient questions of faith: How can such grace be given to people like us? The anthem does not rush to answer; it invites us to stand in awe.
Paul reminds us that God’s love is not a reward for the righteous but a rescue for the undeserving. Christ meets us not at our best, but at our worst. And Forrest’s music captures that mystery with tenderness and trembling wonder. The harmonies rise like a confession, then fall into quiet surrender, mirroring the movement of a heart awakening to grace.
This anthem is not about explaining grace, it is about experiencing it. Grace is not merely pardon; it is power. Grace is God’s new-creation love breaking into the present. When we sing, we are not performing a piece, we are proclaiming a truth that reshapes the world: Christ’s mercy is deeper than our failures, stronger than our fears, and nearer than we dare believe.
Forrest’s question, How can it be? is not about doubt. It is worship. It is the sound of a soul realizing that God’s love is not earned but given, not fragile but fierce, not distant but incarnate.
And So, as we offer this anthem on Sunday, even in practice, it is to be more than music. It is to be our confession of wonder, our testimony of grace, and our shared reminder that Christ’s love meets us exactly where we are and lifts us into the life we were made for.
Pray Gracious God, that we experience You as knowing us fully and loving us completely. Pray You cleanse our hearts, steady our voices, and fill our singing with the wonder of Your grace. Pray You let this anthem become a gift to all who hear it, a reminder that Your mercy is greater than our sin and Your love is stronger than our fear. Pray You make our music an echo of Your compassion and our lives a witness to Your redeeming power. Pray in the name of Jesus Christ, who makes the impossible possible, Amen.
Blessings,
John Lawson
