Advent Word: Grace
'Grace' is used to mean many things. In the Bible 'grace' is an attribute of God's character. Grace is linked with unearned mercy, undeserved forgiveness
That compassionate nature of God is revealed particularly through Jesus. In the end, the grace of God is all we can rely on to save us from the mess we are in as sinful humanity.
I love this description of the loving kindness of God, revealed in Jesus: '
"The gospel portrait of God as expressed in and through the person of Jesus is a picture of - a God who loves us totally and unconditionally, just the way we are at any given moment, not the way we think we should be, a God who forgives us even before we realize we need to be forgiven...a God who wants us to be healed and whole and happy, who enjoys surprising us with lavish gifts...a God who wants to be with us in suffering and in joy, in victory and in defeat, in sickness and in health, in imprisonment and in freedom, in death and in resurrection."
from 'Pray as you can' by Jean Gill, Ave Maria Press 1989 p.54:
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