Grace

And so what is grace?

It has been defined as "unmerited favor." Some of us however are visual people and it difficult to understand words . So here is my visual definition.

Grace is a picture of a new mother cradling her new born boy and kissing her child on the head in love.

The new born child has taken no actions to have earned the love of his mother. He simply soaks up the love and attention that so freely is given. He is the object of his mother's affection. That is one picture of grace.

Christian grace goes one additional step.

If that mother were willing to give up her son and see that loved son willingly suffer and die so that another person might live, that would propel grace to a new level. Super grace.

And so as a Christian, that act is described by the first part of the best known Scripture, John 3:16. It says "For God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten son...." And that particular verse describes the "super grace" that we have the benefit to receive. It is not a gift earned but a gift freely given, much as a mother kisses her new born son.

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