Out of his fullness we have all received grace upon grace already given. John 1:16
What is grace?
Most Christians agree that biblically it means receiving undeserved favor. Getting what you don’t deserve because of Jesus’ sacrifice for us. More specifically, receiving salvation and forgiveness of our sins, not because of our behavior or some action on our part, but because of what Jesus did for us on the cross.
I think that grace upon grace means we’ve been offered this incredible, astonishing grace, the gift of salvation through Jesus Christ. But then, once we acknowledge and accept that, God gives us even more grace. Grace for every day of our lives. Grace to face every problem that confronts us.
Grace to change and transform into what God intended for us to be. Grace to forgive and to accept forgiveness. Grace to love the unlovable, and to accept love. Grace to rise above the unfairness that is in the world. And to serve others even when we don’t feel that we are being served fairly. Grace for compassion even when we don’t feel it. Grace for patience even when we don’t have it. Grace for kindness and connection when we really don’t even want it.
Grace for a kind of Love that supersedes simple human love. Grace for agape love, this God-like, self sacrificing, all encompassing Love that we can only find and only feel and only give when He is at the center of our life.
Okay guys, so I’m trying something new… I’m going to be doing shorter posts, more frequently throughout the rest of Lent. And so help me God I’m going to try to do less editing and just put out there what He has put on my heart. So please forgive any questionable grammaticals (Like that one right there) and just know that you are reading what’s in my heart and what I feel God is saying to me. Please let me know what you think by commenting below.
I love all your blogs but I think this new approach of writing will be even more inspirational because it will feel very pure…almost a feeling of having a cup of coffee with the Holy Spirit at a diner.
I want to hear exactly what the Holy Spirit says to you without you getting in the middle of it all. It’s going to be amazing!
Thank you and God Bless!
Thanks for your encouragement, Jo! I am looking forward to this too!
This blog on Grace is beautiful and thought provoking for me, I have enjoyed the edited versions but I believe the unedited versions will be equally as meaningful. I will let you know my thoughts after reading your next post.
Evy
Thank you, Evy. I am so glad you liked it and I appreciate your comments!
Greetings Sherry,
It seems to me we are all on our journey to make ourselves available to God’s Grace and thereby become better people! It seems to me if we do our best to keep our relationship with God first and foremost, other things fall into place. Oprah put it something like this – always do the right thing and everything else will fall into place. None of us is perfect and we do our best from our own point of view. Indeed, we can each only speak from where we stand. By speaking and sharing, however, we learn – from one another – from the greatest intellects to the smallest child. A word, an action, can make us look again, a see something we didn’t before and cause us to reflect. With God’s Grace may we continue to learn our lessons! Perhaps they are not contingent on a belief or an action or a predetermining factor. Perhaps they occur in the smallest of moments. But with God’s Grace perhaps we can recognize and learn from those moments. Thanks for sharing your post, Sherry! Peace~
Thank you, Mary. I appreciate your comment! I so agree that when we put God first in our life, everything else is easier and better! A favorite pastor of mine says ‘Believing in God makes life better and makes you better at life!’
Absolutely beautiful ♥️🙏🏼
Thank you, Martha! I’m so glad you liked it 🙂