So You Think You Know Grace.........

Wow! What a serious beginning. So YOU think YOU know grace. Going out on a limb here to say ‘I don’t think you do.’. Since grace is God’s idea how can we as people say we understand anything God is doing. Even God said we wouldn’t understand anything. His ways are not our ways. I read a book recently called “Mister God, this is Anna.” If you ever have the chance to find or read this, I would highly recommend it. It is an English book (as in UK and not the language.) published in the early 60s so who’s to say it will be easy to find. My copy was bought for me by a friend while we were shopping in a second hand shop in New Zealand. Guess what, I just looked and it seems that you can pick it up on Amazon. GO figure. It has five stars so I’m not the only one that liked it!! I digress…....... This is one of the most amazing and grace filled books I have ever read. One quote I can’t get out of my head is “grace and mercy are just words we use to describe the indescribeable.” Just words. We can no more comprehend the true grace and mercy offered to us than we can comprehend the entirety of creation itself. In science I think the more we know the less we know. It seems to me that grace is much the same way. I study and try to learn and the more I THINK I understand the less I really do. I have had great teachers, Brian Patterson, Philip Yancey, Jesus, Paul….. But I still struggle with the idea that we are FREE IN CHRIST. Holy Moly! What does that really mean? What is this grace offered to us? Many religions will tell you what their definition of grace is. My Parents religion tells them that grace is only Christ’s death for the sin of Adam and the rest is up to us to earn. Some say that grace is only for certain sins or acts. One says that grace is only for you if you pay for it. Is grace free or is it not? Let me rephrase, grace was not free as we were bought with a great price. Is grace a gift, something given to us that we can either accept or reject? TBC…..