If grace is unmerited favor, why is it that we mortals imagine we can have grace bestowed upon us through some selfless or praiseworthy act of ourselves?
We are told that our salvation comes by grace through faith, and yet, if you are anything like me at all, you find yourself wondering, at least every now and again, whether you are worthy of grace.
If worthiness were a deciding factor, grace wouldn’t be given to any of us, regardless of what laudable deeds we performed.
The concept of grace is, in its essence, outside human comprehension, which is one reason we become confused and imagine there are ways to attain it.
Some of us even, at times, speak of giving ourselves or other people a little grace, which sounds superbly benevolent but is actually impossible because Grace is in the providence of the Divine.
Perhaps, our inherent desire to nurture the spark of the Divine in ourselves is what leads us to conclude we can give or hold back grace.
Grace is not a commodity nor is it a product one can purchase. It is something holy and sacred, something we all long for in the innermost recesses of our being, whether we realize it or not.
Grace is everything we hoped for without being anything we deserve.
Once we reach the point where we can release ourselves from the erroneous mindset that grace can be bargained for, bought, or won, we leave ourselves open to receiving it as the gift it is intended to be.
Blessings and Peace,
Sascha
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