To attain the realization of the grace we have received and
continue to receive from God through our Savior Jesus Christ is good but
more fruitful- is it to not just know of it but receive it and accept
into ourselves daily.
For if we do not care for our soul in this manner, how in the world can we graciously and humbly give it to others -who we might think are undeserving of it?
Was the Nazi who was responsible for the deaths of Corrie Ten Boom's family members deserving of grace?
The more we understand acceptance of God's grace, it seems- the less we try in ways of the flesh and the more satisfying our Christian experience is in the Spirit. I find living in the mindset of grace frees us up- it stabilizes our emotions. It is to know the peace of "grace". It is to know Jesus better.
A man by the name of Ellicott wrote that the power of grace increases when put it into use but diminishes when we neglect it in our life which we then neglect to give it to others.
Grace isn't excusing the wrong/sinful, or perplexing, misunderstood or what is mundane or what will soon one day become meaningless but grace is allowing the overwhelming abundant grace of God to empower you and I to overcome those things that bother and irritate the soul.... but still it's more... Grace is God's glorious resources intertwined in strengthening the tapestry of our life.
I believe grace to be "serenity" when attributed to really allowing God to be God of our lives.
Niebuhr wrote, "God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, Courage to change the things I can, And wisdom to know the difference."
For if we do not care for our soul in this manner, how in the world can we graciously and humbly give it to others -who we might think are undeserving of it?
Was the Nazi who was responsible for the deaths of Corrie Ten Boom's family members deserving of grace?
The more we understand acceptance of God's grace, it seems- the less we try in ways of the flesh and the more satisfying our Christian experience is in the Spirit. I find living in the mindset of grace frees us up- it stabilizes our emotions. It is to know the peace of "grace". It is to know Jesus better.
A man by the name of Ellicott wrote that the power of grace increases when put it into use but diminishes when we neglect it in our life which we then neglect to give it to others.
Grace isn't excusing the wrong/sinful, or perplexing, misunderstood or what is mundane or what will soon one day become meaningless but grace is allowing the overwhelming abundant grace of God to empower you and I to overcome those things that bother and irritate the soul.... but still it's more... Grace is God's glorious resources intertwined in strengthening the tapestry of our life.
I believe grace to be "serenity" when attributed to really allowing God to be God of our lives.
Niebuhr wrote, "God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, Courage to change the things I can, And wisdom to know the difference."
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