Nov 4, 2011

Grace Amazing

According to Webster, grace is unmerited divine assistance given humans for their regeneration or sanctification. I love a good definition from Webster but I also asked my students what they thought grace was.

According to my students grace is...

...like love for others when they fall short of the standard. Grace is an undeserved favor and it comes from God.
...providing someone a way out like a warning or get-out-of-jail free card.
...being given something you don't earn and don't deserve.
...having so much love that you forgive something.
...mercy, and God's love for us.
...where Jesus forgives us even when we sin even when we don't deserve it.
...forgiving people when they make mistakes.
...having mercy on those who need it.
...what we need to get to heaven. 
...salvation, love, and what Jesus offers us. We just need to accept it. 

One of my favorite lines in this song by Jimmy Needham w/Trip Lee:

You found my heart in the tomb
Wrapped up all lifeless and bruised
I was the living dead
Couldn't even lift my head
To see You enter the room

That's how it is with us all
We weren't just damaged
We fell dead at the fall
Only the innocent
Can breathe the air again 




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