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confess confusion about "grace", with more questions than
answers. Webster's first definition of "grace" is "unmerited
divine assistance given for our regeneration or sanctification".
I certainly have known many unmerited experiences of God working in my
life. But is God's grace something that sometimes slips into my
experience like a bit of luck? (There but for the grace of God,
go I.) Why do I experience God's grace and my neighbor who is
also a seeker of the Divine does not? Does grace come when I'm
searching or even when I'm not looking for it? Is it God's grace
when a line of poetry comes to me after I work and try and
rewrite? And there is the age-old question of grievous tragedy
like starvation, tsunami, murder, abuse, etc. It's hard to put
those experiences together with the idea of grace, although I feel
God's presence through others who help me through a hard time. My own interpretation of grace is "God's presence in my life". Even though I don't understand grace, I do feel an assurance of constant surrounding of God's presence. I'm sure that God's grace is more than I imagine, more than I plan, more of God's mystery. |
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Submitted by Joy DeHarpporte
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