grace.
i feel like i've been bombarded with this topic as of late. not really as of late, but as of this past year. it's weird only because the books i've chosen to read have dealt with this topic.
in the grip of grace - max lucado
what's so amazing about grace? visual edition - philip yancey
what's so amazing about grace? - philip yancey
as i picked up yancey's full length book today, i realized that grace confuses me. ok maybe not confuses me, but it's something that i cannot fathom. but are we really meant to fully understand what grace is?
what is grace anyways? when i think about it, i think in the context of God's grace. but it seems undefinable. when i think outside that context i think of it as something like getting let off the hook. turning from something and not looking back. then i put it back in the God context and realize that i have been given an amazing gift. i have the ability to wake up every day...new. new. NEW. everything that happened the day before, all my mistakes, all my mess-ups...God washes away. one catch ... we have to let him do that. wow that catch. yes God's grace is amazing ... but only if we let it wash us clean. and what a great feeling it is to let God's grace wash over me. i wish i had the strength to do that everyday. it's hard. but it's awesome when we can let go of things and let God's grace work in our lives.
my grace is sufficient for you for my power is made perfect in weakness - 2 cor 12:9
wow.
ok maybe i'm way off. but grace is still an awesome thing no matter which way you look at it.
in the grip of grace - max lucado
what's so amazing about grace? visual edition - philip yancey
what's so amazing about grace? - philip yancey
as i picked up yancey's full length book today, i realized that grace confuses me. ok maybe not confuses me, but it's something that i cannot fathom. but are we really meant to fully understand what grace is?
what is grace anyways? when i think about it, i think in the context of God's grace. but it seems undefinable. when i think outside that context i think of it as something like getting let off the hook. turning from something and not looking back. then i put it back in the God context and realize that i have been given an amazing gift. i have the ability to wake up every day...new. new. NEW. everything that happened the day before, all my mistakes, all my mess-ups...God washes away. one catch ... we have to let him do that. wow that catch. yes God's grace is amazing ... but only if we let it wash us clean. and what a great feeling it is to let God's grace wash over me. i wish i had the strength to do that everyday. it's hard. but it's awesome when we can let go of things and let God's grace work in our lives.
my grace is sufficient for you for my power is made perfect in weakness - 2 cor 12:9
wow.
ok maybe i'm way off. but grace is still an awesome thing no matter which way you look at it.