What is Grace?

“My grace is enough for you” (2 Corinthians 12:9)

What is grace?

On my previous article on ‘grace’, I write: Grace is everything for nothing. Grace is God’s special favor freely given to undeserving people. Grace is getting something from God that doesn’t belong to us. Grace is like doing a big favor for someone without expecting anything in return. The word ‘Grace’ mean that “God is generous giver toward us even though we do not deserve it.”

What is grace?                                                                                                         

In his official website, Philip Yancey try to explained,

“I don’t even try.  Jesus talked a lot about grace, but mainly through stories.  I remember once getting stuck in Los Angeles traffic and arriving 58 minutes late at the Hertz rental desk.  I walked up in kind of a bad mood, put the keys down and said, “How much do I owe?”  The woman says, “Nothing.  You’re all clear.”  I said I was late and she smiled, “Yes, but there’s a one-hour grace period.”  So I asked, “Oh really, what is grace?”  And she said, “I don’t know.  [They must not cover that in Hertz training classes.]  I guess what it means is that even though you’re supposed to pay, you don’t have to.”  That’s a good start to a definition.”

What is grace?

Max Lucado noted, “It’s what someone gives us out of the goodness of his heart, not out of the perfection of ours. The story of grace is the good news that says when we come, he gives. That’s what grace is . . . Grace is something you did not expect. It is something you certainly could never earn. But grace is something you’d never turn down.”

Who gives such grace?

I might not know what grace is or how to really define what it is, but I had experienced it. I have experienced it. I am experiencing it – daily. But I know, really sure, very deeply convince, who is THE giver of Grace; Jesus Christ. He said “my grace is enough for you”.

God of Grace be with you,

Richard

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