text: I am thinking that I do not want to "get ahead of grace" here; that being said, I am hesitant to close off God's mercy and love to others, including the writers of posts that I very much disagree with. The "Christ" in whom all things are created is more than a few selected words, even when those words come from Scripture. The old song, "There's a wideness in God's mercy" reminds me that the temptation is to claim that Mercy is limited by the lagoon that I happen to be living in.