\u201cDespite humanity\u2019s constant breaking of covenants, God continues to seek reconciliation and pours out grace upon grace. Why not let this grace transform us? It is in receiving God\u2019s grace, responding in gratitude, and offering grace to others that God forms us into who we were made to be. God saves us from ourselves, writing the way on our hearts, and gives us unlimited chances to get it right. It\u2019s clear we can\u2019t keep the covenant on our own, so God steps in, offering and fulfilling the covenant at once. What a gift!\u201d
\u2014 from the artist statement for \u201cWritten on our Hearts\u201d by Lauren Wright Pittman | @sanctifiedart<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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