a. Divine love and protection bestowed freely on people.
b. The state of being protected or sanctified by the favor of God.
c. An excellence or power granted by God
Grace often confuses me so much because I don't understand how Jesus loved us that much to die drastically on the cross. Like, I love my parents but I don't think I would die so severely for them. Jesu was so humble that he gave us an opportunity, even though we were so dirty and so selfish to him he gave us life. He renewed our inmost being that we can be free! He removed our chains and brought us to life. A friend once told me that, "once you don't understand grace, you understand grace." Confusing right? But totally true! Because once I didn't understand Grace I asked God to help me understand it and that's when I understood the fullness of the word Grace.
These are the little things that pass through my mind everyday.
Grace often confuses me so much because I don't understand how Jesus loved us that much to die drastically on the cross. Like, I love my parents but I don't think I would die so severely for them. Jesu was so humble that he gave us an opportunity, even though we were so dirty and so selfish to him he gave us life. He renewed our inmost being that we can be free! He removed our chains and brought us to life. A friend once told me that, "once you don't understand grace, you understand grace." Confusing right? But totally true! Because once I didn't understand Grace I asked God to help me understand it and that's when I understood the fullness of the word Grace.
These are the little things that pass through my mind everyday.
John 1:14 And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we have seen his glory, glory as of the only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth.
- Megan
Grace is very hard to understand but I think it's because we are human, which gives us faults, human ones. It doesn't get easier to try and understand the older you get, but I do have to say with more the more life experiences I experience the more there is an inkling of what it is and looks like? I don't know if that makes sense or not. I do know that Grace is my middle name and I'm 34 years old and it has taken every year of my life, and probably the rest of my life, to grow into that name. Especially when my name, Anita, means Grace and GRace means Gracefully...So Grace Gracefully...pretty big shoes to fill!
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