Grace, even for the Embers

I don’t know about you, but nobody can beat me up worse than I can. I am my own worst bully because I fail miserably, often. Don’t we all? Even people you think would be exempt from failure aren’t, because human. Mother Teresa, the Pope, Mr. Rogers…Jesus’ own disciples. Let’s talk about those guys for a minute. Honestly, if anyone should have it figured out, it should be them. The ones who walked beside Jesus, followed in his footsteps, saw all the miracles he performed, witnessed firsthand the overwhelming reckless love of God we sing about today…if anyone should be failure-free, it’s these guys. But, no. No one is exempt. And so it was in John…