Grace for GraceWritten by Joyce C. Lock
Grace: God’s unmerited favor, unconditional love, when we get what we don’t deserve, when we get something far greater than anything we deserved, when we hit end of road and find a second chance, salvation, forgiveness. When your child has been severely injured, due to your neglect, yet they recover without permanent scars; then, you know grace. When you’ve been unfaithful to your mate and that love is restored; then, you know grace. When you’ve made a mistake of catastrophic proportion and someone else pays your bill; then, you know grace.
| | Love Never FailsWritten by Joyce C. Lock
"Father, forgive them; for they know not what they do." Luke 23:24 How many times do you suppose we've hurt people and not realized it; to have reacted without thought; to have deemed another not ready, worthy, capable, or spiritual enough; to have picked our favorite over another; to have excluded one who didn't measure up; to sit by one more attractive, popular, or fun; to have been in such a hurry to greet one that we bypassed another; to have closed our heart to someone whose words we didn't want to hear; to think we've done God a favor by getting rid of someone we thought difficult, different, or wrong? How many times do you suppose this prayer has been prayed for us, "Father, forgive them; for they know not what they do?" Were we to ask God to open our eyes, to see ourselves as He sees us; to examine our heart, actions, attitudes, and motives ... God would be faithful to show us how we are hurting His cause.
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