If only

If only we could see clearly,
hear distinctly,
know completely..
if only we could love
grace
and forgive,
beyond our own human ability
if only we could throw off our imperfections,
our fears
and our anxieties.
if only...
yet grace assures us
that it is in our brokeness
and through our weaknesses
that the light of God
shines hope
into a hurt and broken world.
We offer the world this grace,
his grace,
the grace in the deserts and the wildernesses
his strength that finds us in our darkest valleys.
What we offer
is not our victories
but his.